SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING THE AUTHENTICITY OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20140108804A1
• Filed: 03/12/2013
• Published: 04/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sling Media LLC (Echostar Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sling Media Incorporated (Echostar Corporation)
• Inventors: Kanungo, Rajesh, Loomis, Benjamin
• Application Number:
  US13/797,480
• Publication Number:
  US 20140108804A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/170
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/305 by remotely controlling device operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/44 Program or device authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0442 wherein the sending and receiving network entities apply asymmetric encryption, i.e. different keys for encryption and decryption cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for public-key encryption H04L9/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3271 using challenge-response

Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for verifying the authenticity of an electronic device by a security server comprising a processor and a memory. The method, for example, may include, but is not limited to, receiving, from the electronic device, a unique identifier associated with the electronic device, determining, by the processor, a public key corresponding to the unique identifier, generating, by the processor, a message, encrypting, by the processor, the message with the determined public key, transmitting, to the electronic device, the encrypted message; receiving, from the electronic device, a response message, comparing the response message to the generated message, and authorizing the electronic device based upon the comparison.

Claims

1. A method for verifying the authenticity of an electronic device by a security server comprising a processor, the method comprising:

receiving, from the electronic device, a unique identifier associated with the electronic device;

determining, by the processor, a public key corresponding to the unique identifier;

generating, by the processor, a message;

encrypting, by the processor, the message with the determined public key;

transmitting, to the electronic device, the encrypted message;

receiving, from the electronic device, a response message to the encrypted message;

comparing the response message to the generated message; and

authorizing the electronic device based upon the comparison.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising periodically transmitting to the electronic device a request for the unique identifier associated with the electronic device.

3. The method of claim 1, authorizing the electronic device to utilize a server based service when response message to the encrypted message matches the generated message.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising deauthorizing the electronic device to utilize a server based service when the response message to the encrypted message does not match the generated message.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the authorizing further comprises transmitting, to the electronic device, a message to enable the electronic device when the response message to the encrypted message matches the generated message.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the authorizing further comprises transmitting, to the electronic device, a message to disable the electronic device when the response message to the encrypted message does not match the generated message.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the electronic device, a request to utilize a server based service; and

transmitting, in response to the request to utilize the server based service, a request to the electronic device for the unique identifier associated with the electronic device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the unique identifier associated with the electronic device is received with a request from the electronic device to utilize a server based service.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the message is randomly generated.

10. A security server, comprising:

a memory configured to store a database identifying a plurality of electronic devices based upon a unique identifier associated with each electronic device and a public key associated with each electronic device;

a communication system; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the communication system and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to;

receive, from the communication system, the unique identifier associated with one of the plurality of electronic devices;

determine the public key corresponding to the unique identifier;

generate a message;

encrypting the message with the determined public key;

transmit the encrypted message to the respective electronic device via the communication system;

receive, from the communication system, a response message to the encrypted message;

compare the response message to the generated message; and

authorize the electronic device based upon the comparison.

11. The security server of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to periodically transmit, via the communication system, to the electronic device a request for the unique identifier associated with the electronic device.

12. The security server of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to authorize the electronic device to utilize a server based service when response message to the encrypted message matches the generated message.

13. The security server of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to deauthorize the electronic device to utilize a server based service when the response message to the encrypted message does not match the generated message.

14. The security server of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to transmit, to the electronic device via the communication system, a message to enable the electronic device when the response message to the encrypted message matches the generated message.

15. The security server of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to transmit, to the electronic device via the communication system, a message to disable the electronic device when the response message to the encrypted message does not match the generated message.

16. The security server of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive, from the communication system, a request to utilize a server based service from one of the plurality of electronic devices; and

transmit, in response to the request to utilize the server based service, a request to the electronic device for the unique identifier associated with the electronic device via the communication system.

17. The security server of claim 10, wherein the unique identifier associated with the one of the plurality electronic devices is received with a request from the respective electronic device to utilize a server based service.

18. The security server of claim 10, wherein the message is randomly generated by the processor.

19. The security server of claim 10, wherein the electronic device is a place shifting device.

20. The security server of claim 10, wherein the communication system is an internet interface.