IDENTIFICATION FOR APPARATUSES

• US 20150312245A1
• Filed: 04/05/2012
• Published: 10/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: LEINONEN, Pekka Eerikki, LINDHOLM, Rune Adolf, SOVIO, Sampo Juhani
• Granted Patent: US 9,621,542 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/44 Program or device authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/73 by creating or determining hardware identification, e.g. serial numbers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/81 by operating on the power supply, e.g. enabling or disabling power-on, sleep or resume operations
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00 Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00045 Authentication, i.e. circuits for checking compatibility between one component, e.g. a battery or a battery charger, and another component, e.g. a power source
• 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 63/062 for key distribution, e.g. centrally by trusted party cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key distribution involving a central third party H04L9/0819
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0823 using certificates cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates H04L9/3263
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/71 Hardware identity

Abstract

It is inter alia disclosed to provide first identity data stored in an apparatus, the first identity data comprising an identifier and a first certificate, and to provide second identity data stored in the apparatus, the second identity data comprising an identifier and a second certificate, wherein the identifier of the first identity data is the same as the identifier of the second identity data.

Claims

1-58. -58. (canceled)

59. An apparatus, comprising:

first identity data stored in the apparatus, the first identity data comprising an identifier and a first certificate, and

second identity data stored in the apparatus, the second identity data comprising an identifier and a second certificate,

wherein the identifier of the first identity data is the same as the identifier of the second identity data.

60. An apparatus according to claim 59, wherein the identifier of the first identity data is a Unique Identifier of a battery pack.

61. The apparatus according to claim 59, wherein the identifier of the first identity data is part of the first certificate and wherein the identifier of the second identity data is part of the second certificate.

62. The apparatus according to claim 59, wherein the first certificate comprises a first signature.

63. The apparatus according to claim 62, wherein the first signature is signed with a private key, and wherein the second identity data comprises a public key associated with this private key.

64. The apparatus according to claim 59, wherein the second certificate comprises a second signature.

65. The apparatus according to claim 59, wherein the first identity data comprises a public key.

66. The apparatus according to claim 65, configured to receive an authentication challenge and configured to provide an authentication response with respect to the authentication challenge based on a private key associated with the public key.

67. The apparatus according to claim 66, configured to provide a signature of the authentication challenge obtained by signing the authentication challenge by using the private key associated with the public key, wherein the authentication response comprises the signature.

68. The apparatus according to claim 65, configured to provide at least one of:

a signature of the first certificate obtained by signing the first certificate by using the private key associated with the public key, and

a signature of the second certificate obtained by signing the second certificate by using the private key associated with the public key.

69. A method performed by an apparatus, comprising:

providing first identity data stored in the apparatus, the first identity data comprising an identifier and a first certificate, and

providing second identity data stored in the apparatus, the second identity data comprising an identifier and a second certificate,

wherein the identifier of the first identity data is the same as the identifier of the second identity data.

70. The method according to claim 69, wherein the identifier of the first identity data is a Unique Identifier of a battery pack.

71. The method according to claim 69, wherein said providing the first identity data comprises transmitting the first identity data to a further apparatus and wherein said providing the second identity data comprises transmitting the second identity data to the second apparatus.

72. The method according to claim 69, wherein the identifier of the first identity data is part of the first certificate and wherein the identifier of the second identity data is part of the second certificate.

73. The method according to claim 69, wherein the first certificate comprises a first signature.

74. The method according to claim 69, wherein the first signature is signed with a private key, and wherein the second identity data comprises a public key associated with this private key.

75. The method according to claim 69, wherein the second certificate comprises a second signature.

76. The method according to claim 69, wherein the first identity data comprises a public key.

77. The method according to claim 69, comprising receiving an authentication challenge and providing authentication response with respect to the challenge data based on a private key associated with the public key.

78. A computer program product comprising a least one computer readable non-transitory memory medium having program code stored thereon, the program code which when executed by an apparatus cause the apparatus at least to provide first identity data stored in a first apparatus, the first identity data comprising an identifier and a first certificate, and to provide second identity data stored in the apparatus, the second identity data comprising an identifier and a second certificate, wherein the identifier of the first identity data is the same as the identifier of the second identity data.