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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2017
Applicant:
Hand Held Products, Inc., Fort Mill, SC (US);
Inventors:
Joseph J. Kubler, Lafayette, CO (US);
Arthur Millican, Granite Falls, WA (US);
Jonathan D. Fletcher, Tekoa, WA (US);
Assignee:
Hand Held Products, Inc., Fort Mill, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/42 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/42 (2013.01); H04L 63/0853 (2013.01); H04L 63/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for secure network access by unattended devices is described. The system describes how unattended devices that have encrypted data at rest and/or require secure authentication to an open network may procure the access credentials for authentication and/or decryption. With these access credentials, then the unattended devices may exchange information with and/or receive updates from servers on the network.