Modular wireless communicator

US9026080B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Google LLC · US

Inventors

• Dov Moran · Kfar Sava, IL
• Itay Sherman · Hod HaSharon, IL
• Eyal Bychkov · Hod HaSharon, IL
• Itay Cohen · Ramat Gan, IL
• Yaron Segalov · Nes Ziona, IL
• Tamir Demri · Herzliya, IL
• Eran Miller · Givatayim, IL
• Uri Ron · Herzliya, IL
• Tal Engelstein · Ramat Gan, IL
• Hagay Katz · Tira, IL
• Hagit Perry · Herzliya, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: May 20, 2014
• Grant date: May 5, 2015
• Expiry date: May 20, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M1/72412
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A wireless communicator including a housing, wireless communication functionality located within the housing, and pouching responsive electrical interconnection functionality responsive to pouching orientation of the housing in a pouch of an enhanced function device for causing the wireless communication functionality to authenticate itself to the enhanced function device by (i) generating a random number, A, (ii) encrypting A using a public key of the enhanced function device, (iii) transmitting the encrypted A to the enhanced function device, (iv) receiving an encrypted number, B, from the enhanced function device, encrypted using a public key of the wireless communicator, (iv) decrypting B using a private key of the wireless communicator, (v) encrypting the product A*B using the public key of the enhanced function device, and (vi) transmitting the encrypted A*B to the enhanced function device.