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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2004
Ji Xiao, Weston, FL (US);
Jyh-han Lin, Parkland, FL (US);
Ronald R. Smith, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Ruiqiang Zhuang, Plantation, FL (US);
Ji Xiao, Weston, FL (US);
Jyh-Han Lin, Parkland, FL (US);
Ronald R. Smith, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Ruiqiang Zhuang, Plantation, FL (US);
GOOGLE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method () and an apparatus (e.g., a network node ()) for providing enhanced security using service provider authentication. In addition to authenticating an application signature () against a root certificate () stored on the network node (), a first carrier identification () associated with the application () is compared to a second carrier identification (). If the first and second carrier identifications match, then the application can be assigned to a trusted protection domain and granted permissions which provide privileged access to the network node. For example, the application can be granted permission to be installed and/or executed on the network node. Otherwise the application can be denied privileged access. Accordingly, a carrier's applications will be only installed onto network nodes that are intended recipients of the applications.