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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2009
Brandon J. Casey, San Jose, CA (US);
Erik Cressall, San Jose, CA (US);
Brandon J. Casey, San Jose, CA (US);
Erik Cressall, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides for the establishment of a trust relationship between two parties, such as based on verification by a third-party known to the two parties. In one embodiment, the two parties may include an electronic device (or a user of such a device) on which information about an account is to be stored and an entity having the authority to authorize storing the account information on the electronic device. Once authorization is granted to store the account information on the electronic device, direct communications may occur between the electronic device and the authorizing entity in a trusted manner, without further involvement of the third party.