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Hardware-based device authentication

  • US 8,850,543 B2
  • Filed: 12/23/2012
  • Issued: 09/30/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2012
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method comprising:

  • identifying an opportunity for a computing device to participate in a secure session with a particular domain;

    receiving a domain identifier of the particular domain;

    identifying, using a secured microcontroller of the computing device, a secured, persistent hardware identifier of the computing device stored in secured memory of the computing device, wherein the secured microcontroller is independent of an operating system of the computing device and values of secure identifiers derived by the secured microcontroller are hidden from the operating system;

    deriving a secure identifier for a pairing of the computing device and the particular domain based on the hardware identifier and domain identifier of the particular domain; and

    transmitting the secure identifier over a secured channel to the particular domain.

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