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Method and apparatus for efficiently initializing mobile wireless devices

  • US 6,980,660 B1
  • Filed: 05/21/1999
  • Issued: 12/27/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/21/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for initializing a first device distributed with an embedded radio module using a server, said server having an embedded radio module, said method comprising the steps of:

  • sending an inquiry from said server to said first device using said embedded radio modules;

    returning, from said first device, a unique device identifier of said first device, to said server;

    creating, at said server, a public key, private key pair for said first device;

    creating, at said server, a device certificate for said first device, said device certificate having a unique hardware identifier associated with said first device and a public key associated with said first device;

    transmitting said private key, and said device certificate, and a public key of a Certificate Authority which signed said device certificate, to said first device; and

    storing said private key in non-removable protected storage at said first device;

    wherein said protected storage is write-only storage able to perform computations involving previously-written data.

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