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Patent No.:

US 9569601 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017

Filed:

May. 19, 2015

System and method for authenticating and enabling functioning of a manufactured electronic device

Applicant:

Anvaya Solutions, Inc., Folsom, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sathyamurthi Sadhasivan, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);

Shobha Rani Mallarapu, Folsom, CA (US);

Srinivas Atluri, Folsom, CA (US);

Assignee:

Anvaya Solutions, Inc., Folsom, CA (US);

Attorneys:

Inventive Patent Law P.C.

Jim H. Salter

Primary Examiner:

Syed Zaidi

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/14 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/14 (2013.01); G06F 2221/0753 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for authenticating and enabling functioning of a manufactured electronic device are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: an electronic device comprising: a protected device; and an embedded and active obfuscation unit including: an obfuscation code generator to produce an obfuscation code having a first portion representing manufacturing or physical characteristics of a particular paired system and a second portion representing one or more identifiers of the particular paired system; an authentication key retriever to use the obfuscation code to obtain an authentication key from an authorized representative using an external data communication; and an obfuscation state machine configured with a pre-defined quantity of state elements, a pre-defined quantity of the state elements being functional state elements, the obfuscation state machine being programmed with the authentication key to cause the obfuscation state machine to transition the protected device from an initial obfuscation state to a functional state.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Sadhasivan, Sathyamurthi. (2017). System and method for authenticating and enabling functioning of a manufactured electronic device (U.S. Patent No. 9569601). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9569601

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