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Patent No.:

US 10977371 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 04, 2019

Method and apparatus for secure device boot

Applicant:

Netgear, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mihir Dushyantbhai Shah, San Jose, CA (US);

Tejas Pankajkumar Shah, San Jose, CA (US);

Peiman Amini, Mountain View, CA (US);

Joseph Amalan Arul Emmanuel, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

NETGEAR, INC., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:

Perkins Coie LLP

Primary Examiner:

Volvick Derose

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01); H04W 12/00 (2021.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 60/00 (2009.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/575 (2013.01); G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 9/4416 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/572 (2013.01); H04L 9/3268 (2013.01); H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); H04L 63/083 (2013.01); H04L 63/0823 (2013.01); H04L 63/107 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 12/002 (2019.01); H04W 12/0806 (2019.01); H04W 60/00 (2013.01); G06F 9/4401 (2013.01); G06F 2221/033 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2111 (2013.01);
Abstract

Introduced here are technologies for securely booting a network access device or a satellite device. A network-accessible server system may receive a boot request that includes a boot certificate to identify the network access device. The network-accessible server system may determine that the boot certificate corresponds with a verified boot certificate listed on a boot certificate registry. The network-accessible server system may determine that a geographical location of the network access device and a mobile application executing on an electronic device are within a predetermined range. The network-accessible server system may distribute a digital certificate to the network access device based on determining that the boot certificate corresponds with any verified boot certificate listed on the boot certificate registry and determining that the geographical location of the network access device and the mobile application executing on the electronic device are within the predetermined range.

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