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Providing and installing digital certificates

US12388663B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Healthineers AG · DE

Inventors

Sangamesh Hebbalamath · Erlangen, DE
Ivan Murphy · Baiersdorf, DE
Michael Rommel · Erlangen, DE
Martin Siegmung · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 23, 2023
Grant date	Aug 12, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 3, 2043

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2209/88
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for providing a digital certificate to a device, comprises: receiving a device identification dataset, uniquely identifying the device; determining a key creation dataset including a certificate identifier, the certificate identifier being based on the device identification dataset; sending the key creation dataset to the device; receiving a certificate creation request related to a first domain name based on the key creation dataset from the device, the first domain name including the certificate identifier; sending the certificate creation request or a modified certificate creation request to a certificate authority; and providing the digital certificate to the device, the digital certificate being a wildcard certificate based on the first domain name signed by the certificate authority.

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