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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); H04L 9/30 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 9/4401 (2013.01); G06F 21/575 (2013.01); H04L 9/0891 (2013.01); H04L 9/30 (2013.01); H04L 9/3268 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is an apparatus and method to securely activate or revoke a key. For example, the apparatus may comprise: a storage device to store a plurality of pre-stored keys; a communication interface to receive an activate key command and a certificate associated with one of the pre-stored keys; and a processor. The processor may be coupled to the storage device and the communication interface and may be configured to: implement the activate key command to reboot the apparatus with the pre-stored key and the certificate; and determine if the reboot is successful.