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Manufacturing trusted devices

US6957344B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 10, 2000
Grant dateOct 18, 2005
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Expiry dateJul 11, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/26613
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for manufacturing trusted devices. A licensing authority provides keying information to a multitude of manufactures that insert the keying information into trusted devices. The trusted devices generate final private and public keys using the keying information. The keys may then be certified by the manufacture and verified by other devices.

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