Patent ID: 11882223
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC H

Claim 39:
40. A broadcast receiver device, comprising:
a processor configured with processor-executable instructions to:
receive a signed beacon type message from a device, the signed beacon type message cryptographically signed at least in part using a certificate of the device;
retrieve the certificate based at least in part on a certificate identifying hash of the certificate, wherein retrieving the certificate comprises retrieving the certificate from memory of the broadcast receiver device;
retrieve the certificate based at least in part on a certificate identifying hash of the certificate, wherein retrieving the certificate comprises retrieving the certificate from memory of the broadcast receiver device;
process the signed beacon type message in response to determining that the signed beacon type message is valid based at least in part on the certificate; and
discard the signed beacon type message in response to determining that the signed beacon type message is not valid based at least in part on the certificate.