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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2001
Bruce K. Martin, Jr., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert T. Wang, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Michael E. S. Luna, Carnation, WA (US);
Bruce K. Martin, Jr., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert T. Wang, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Michael E. S. Luna, Carnation, WA (US);
Openwave Systems Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for distributing authorization to provision devices on a wireless network are described. A primary trusted provisioning domain (TPD) operating within a trusted environment established by the wireless carrier's firewall can provision the mobile devices. The primary TPD may distribute the authorization to provision one or more of the mobile devices to one or more secondary TPDs operating outside the trusted environment. Digital signatures may be used to authenticate provisioning requests from TPDs.