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Encryption key retrieval

  • US 9,525,675 B2
  • Filed: 12/26/2014
  • Issued: 12/20/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. At least one computer-readable medium comprising one or more instructions that when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

  • receive a request to access an electronic device;

    collect authentication data at a secondary electronic device, wherein the secondary electronic device is separate from the electronic device;

    verify the authentication data;

    receive an authentication key from a network element that is physically separate from the electronic device and the secondary electronic device; and

    communicate the authentication key to the electronic device, wherein the authentication key is not persistently stored in the electronic device and the secondary electronic device, wherein the electronic device requires pre-boot authentication before an operating system on the electronic device is allowed to run and the authentication key provides the pre-boot verification.

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