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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2004
Applicants:
Narendar Shankar, Dallas, TX (US);
Erdal Paksoy, Richardson, TX (US);
Jerome L. Azema, Villeneuve-Loubet, FR;
Inventors:
Narendar Shankar, Dallas, TX (US);
Erdal Paksoy, Richardson, TX (US);
Jerome L. Azema, Villeneuve-Loubet, FR;
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method comprising downloading a boot image onto a mobile communication device and generating a device-bound certificate ('DBC'). The DBC preferably comprises an authentication code generated using a hashed message authentication code algorithm and a key specific to the device. The method may further comprise storing the DBC on the boot image, thus binding the boot image to the mobile communication device.