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Credential provisioning

  • US 8,724,819 B2
  • Filed: 10/16/2007
  • Issued: 05/13/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method performed by a provisioning apparatus comprising a processing unit and a memory, the method comprising:

  • choosing a family key, a family key defining a family of applications;

    submitting the family key to a security element in a secured manner;

    choosing credentials;

    deriving protection keys based on the family key;

    protecting the credentials using the protection keys for securing credential data;

    submitting said secured credential data to the security element;

    using the family key for binding a credential application to the family; and

    submitting said binding to the security element.

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