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Configuration systems and methods for secure operation of networked transducers

Grant US12580749B2 Kind: B2 Mar 17, 2026

Assignee

Network-1 Technologies, Inc.

Inventors

John A. Nix

Abstract

A device can include an internal secure processing environment (SE) and communicate with a configuration system. The device may utilize a near field communications (NFC) radio. A mobile handset can connect with the SE in the device using NFC. The mobile handset can communicate with the configuration system and receive configuration data and a software package for the device. The SE can derive a PKI key pair and send the derived public key to the configuration system via the mobile handset. The SE and the configuration system can mutually derive an encryption key using the derived PKI key pair. The configuration data can be transmitted over the NFC radio, and the mobile handset can establish a Wi-Fi access point. The software package can be encrypted using the encryption key and transmitted to the device over the established Wi-Fi access point, thereby completing a configuration step for the device.

CPC Classifications

H04L 9/0841 H04L 63/0823 H04L 63/0435 H04L 63/061 H04L 67/125 H04L 67/34 H04L 9/0861 H04L 9/3013 H04L 9/3247 H04L 9/3263 G06F 13/20 H04W 12/03 H04W 12/0471 H04W 12/06 G16Y 30/10

Filing Date

2023-02-17

Application No.

18111307

Claims

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