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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Girts Folkmanis, San Francisco, CA (US);
Paul Heninwolf, San Carlos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/0861 (2013.01);
Abstract
A first portion of a cryptographic key can be conveyed through a secure channel to a device that can interact with a home network. After the first portion is received, a prompt can be sent by the recipient of the portion through a non-secure channel to the sender of the portion to send a second portion of the key. The cryptographic key can be constituted from the received portions and used by the device to secure communications with home network.