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System utilizing a secure element

US8549586B2 · kind B2 · utility

5Cited by

2References

23Claims

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Assignee

Broadcom Corporation · US

Inventors

Jacob Mendel · Rehovot, IL
Alexander Potievsky · Kfar Sava, IL
Eyal Webber-Zvik · Kfar Yona, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 6, 2011
Grant date	Oct 1, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 19, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2221/2153
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic device includes a receiver configured to receive, from an entity, a request to perform a function. The electronic device also includes a secure element to verify the request to perform the function. The secure element includes hardware programmed with instructions to verify that a security of the secure element has not been breached. The secure element also includes software including instructions to determine an access right for the entity requesting performance of the function, and to perform the function when the hardware verifies that the security of the secure element has not been breached and the access right indicates that the entity is authorized to request performance of the secure function.

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