Patent ID: 11902263
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for securely pairing two devices that are connected to one another through a network, comprising:
selecting a first device to pair with a second device, wherein the first device and the second device are a same type of device;
writing an encryption key to the first device;
burning the encryption key into an encryption module on the first device;
writing a corresponding decryption key to the second device, the decryption key allowing the second device to decrypt data transmitted by the first device encrypted using the encryption key;
burning the decryption key into a decryption module on the second device
selecting a third device to pair with the first device;
writing a third encryption key to the first device; and
burning the third encryption key into the encryption module on the first device.