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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2017
Applicant:
Nok Nok Labs, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventor:
Rolf Lindemann, Steele, DE;
Assignee:
NOK NOK LABS, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06Q 20/06 (2012.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01); H04L 9/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/3829 (2013.01); G06Q 20/065 (2013.01); G06Q 20/4016 (2013.01); G06Q 20/40145 (2013.01); H04L 9/06 (2013.01); H04L 9/0825 (2013.01); H04L 9/0877 (2013.01); H04L 9/0894 (2013.01); H04L 9/12 (2013.01); H04L 9/3231 (2013.01); H04L 9/3239 (2013.01); H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); H04L 9/3271 (2013.01); G06Q 2220/00 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05);
Abstract
A system, apparatus, method, and machine readable medium are described for secure authentication. For example, one embodiment of a system comprises: an authenticator on a client device to securely store one or more private keys, at least one of the private keys usable to authenticate a block of a blockchain; and an attestation module of the authenticator or coupled to the authenticator, the attestation module to generate a signature using the block and the private key, the signature usable to attest to the authenticity of the block by a device having a public key corresponding to the private key.