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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2013
General Instrument Corporation, Horsham, PA (US);
Madjid F. Nakhjiri, San Diego, CA (US);
ARRIS Technology, Inc., Suwanee, GA (US);
Abstract
A method for providing identity data to network-enabled devices includes receiving a request for identity data from a network-enabled device that is deployed to an end-user. The network-enabled device is pre-provisioned with a PIN, a global key pair, a user-accessible first device identifier, and a second device identifier usable by a service provider delivering a service to the device. The identity data request includes the first and second identifiers, a protected rendition of the PIN, and an encryption key or other data from which an encryption key is derivable. The identifiers, the protected rendition of the PIN, and the encryption key or the other data are signed by a private key in the global key pair. The validity of the PIN included in the request is verified to authenticate the device. If the PIN is valid, identity data for the device is generated, encrypted and sent to the network-enabled device.