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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:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2008
Applicants:
Jerry Hauck, Windermere, FL (US);
Michael Lambertus Hubertus Brouwer, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jerry Hauck, Windermere, FL (US);
Michael Lambertus Hubertus Brouwer, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for secure software installation to boot a device authorized by a ticket are described herein. A ticket request including a device identifier of the device is sent for the ticket which includes attributes for one or more components to boot the device into an operating state. The ticket is cryptographically validated to match the one or more components with corresponding attributes included in the ticket. If successfully matched, the one or more components are executed to boot the device.