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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Jon Arron McClintock, Seattle, WA (US);
Darren Ernest Canavor, Redmond, WA (US);
George Nikolaos Stathakopoulos, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); G06Q 20/40 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/0853 (2013.01); H04L 63/0884 (2013.01); H04L 63/126 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for device authentication are provided. In the method and apparatus, authentication data for a first device is received. The first device is then authenticated based at least in part on demonstrated access to authentication data prior to broadcast of the authentication data. One or more actions may be taken in response to the authentication of the first device based at least in part on the demonstrated access to the authentication data.