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Patent No.:

US 9306945 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 11, 2015

Client authentication during network boot

Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Christopher McCarron, Hartford, CT (US);

Varugis Kurien, Sammamish, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorneys:

Henry Gabryjelski

Kate Drakos

Micky Minhas

Primary Examiner:

Madhuri Herzog

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/30 (2013.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0869 (2013.01); G06F 9/4416 (2013.01); G06F 21/30 (2013.01); G06F 21/305 (2013.01); H04L 9/3215 (2013.01); H04L 9/3271 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); H04L 2209/127 (2013.01); H04L 2209/80 (2013.01);
Abstract

A mechanism for performing a network boot sequence and provisioning a device may generate a command by a server and have the command executed by the device. The command may be used to verify the authenticity of the device, and may be used to establish ownership of the device. After authenticity and, in some cases ownership is established, bootable software may be downloaded and executed. The device may be provisioned with software applications.

Find Patent Forward Citations

McCarron, Christopher. (2016). Client authentication during network boot (U.S. Patent No. 9306945). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9306945

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