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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2002
Diana Kathryn Smetters, Belmont, CA (US);
Warren Keith Edwards, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dirk Balfanz, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Hao-chi Wong, San Carlos, CA (US);
Mark Webster Newman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jana Zdislava Sedivy, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Trevor Smith, San Francisco, CA (US);
Shahram Izadi, Bicester, GB;
Diana Kathryn Smetters, Belmont, CA (US);
Warren Keith Edwards, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dirk Balfanz, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Hao-Chi Wong, San Carlos, CA (US);
Mark Webster Newman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jana Zdislava Sedivy, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Trevor Smith, San Francisco, CA (US);
Shahram Izadi, Bicester, GB;
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
System and method for providing secure resource management. The system includes a first device that creates a secure, shared resource space and a corresponding root certificate for the shared space. The first device associates one or more resources that it can access with the shared space. The first device invites one or more other devices to join as members of the space, and establishes secure communication channels with the devices that accept this invitation. The first device generates a member certificate for each accepting device, and sends the root certificate and the generated member certificate to the device through the secure channel. These devices may then access resources associated with the shared space by presenting their member certificates. Further, members of the shared space may invite other device to join the space, and may create member certificates in the same manner as the first device.