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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2011
Jacob Mendel, Kibbutz Givat Brenner, IL;
Alexander Potievsky, Kfar Saba, IL;
Eyal Webber-zvik, Kfar Yona, IL;
Jacob Mendel, Kibbutz Givat Brenner, IL;
Alexander Potievsky, Kfar Saba, IL;
Eyal Webber-Zvik, Kfar Yona, IL;
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic device includes a receiver configured to receive, from an entity, a request to perform a function. The electronic device also includes a secure element to verify the request to perform the function. The secure element includes hardware programmed with instructions to verify that a security of the secure element has not been breached. The secure element also includes software including instructions to determine an access right for the entity requesting performance of the function, and to perform the function when the hardware verifies that the security of the secure element has not been breached and the access right indicates that the entity is authorized to request performance of the secure function.