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

Claim 13:
14. A first communication device, comprising:
a radio;
one or more processors; and
memory having contents configured to cause the processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
using the radio to transmit to a second communication device a device ID and validation identifying the first communication device;
using the radio to receive from the second communication device a first chain of trust through the second communication device to the first communication device connoting authority for the first communication device to participate in a first network in which the second communication device has appointed itself registration authority at a time when the second communication device did not possess a registration license, wherein the first chain of trust is the device ID identifying the first communication device and is signed with a second chain of trust issued to the second communication on device as part of its previous registration for a second network;
using the radio to receive from the second communication device a network key usable to secure communication among nodes of the first network; and
storing the received chain of trust and network key.