Patent ID: 11876780
Assignee: QUIXOTIC HOLDINGS, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method in a first communication device, the method comprising:
obtaining a chain of trust from a registration authority for a first network in which a first plurality of communication devices participate, the chain of trust traversing from the first communication device through the registration authority for the first network to a trust root;
obtaining a network key from a security authority for the first network;
at a time after obtaining the chain of trust and the network key when the registration authority and security authority for the first network are not accessible to the first communication device, receiving communication from a second communication device not among the first plurality of communication devices;
in response to the received communication:
provisionally registering the second communication device;
determining a network key that is based on the obtained network key and different from the obtained network key; and
based upon the provisional registration, providing to the second communication device the determined network key; and

after the provisionally registering and the providing:
making direct or indirect wireless connections to the registration authority for the first network and the security authority for the first network; and
in response to making direct or indirect wireless connections to the registration authority for the first network and the security authority for the first network;
communicating with the registration authority for the first network to identify the second communication device to the registration authority for the first network; and
communicating with the security authority for the first network to identify the second communication device to the security authority for the first network.