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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 03, 2020
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0435 (2013.01); H04L 63/0838 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention relates to a method for operating a container () providing a service to a user in a cloud environment, wherein the container is generated from a container image () which comprises an encrypted software package, the container image further comprising a decryption entity, wherein the method comprises the steps of receiving a message to set up the container () out of the container image (), the message comprising an access identifier allowing access to a restricted area () to which the access is not provided without the access identifier, the restricted area comprising a plurality of decryption keys, and accessing the restricted area () using the access identifier received with the message, and retrieving a decryption key from the restricted area () based on the access identifier, and decrypting the encrypted software package with the retrieved decryption key in order to generate a decrypted software package, providing the service to the user based on the decrypted software package.


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