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Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 14, 2015
Applicant:

Yahoo Holdings, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Juan Garay, San Francisco, CA (US);

Payman Mohassel, San Jose, CA (US);

David Gil, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

OATH INC., New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/0819 (2013.01); H04L 9/0861 (2013.01); H04L 63/061 (2013.01); H04W 12/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present teaching relates to exchanging a key with a device. In one example, a secret value is generated. A message is transmitted to the device. The message includes information related to the secret value based on which the device is to create a cryptographic key. A visual code displayed on the device is captured. The visual code includes a first piece of information and a second piece of information. A key value is generated based on the first piece of information and the secret value. A test value is calculated based on the key value. It is determined whether the device is securely connected based on the test value.


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