Patent ID: 11971993
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 10:
11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:
generating a first grant token based on the stored tenancy counter value;
storing a tenant grant manifest including the first grant token and a bootloader signing public key, the tenant grant manifest signed by a tenant urant manifest signing certificate; and
storing a tenant boot manifest including a tenant grant manifest signing public key associated with the tenant grant manifest signing certificate,
wherein the second boot flow comprises:
verifying a signature of the tenant grant manifest based on the tenant grant manifest signing public key of the tenant boot manifest;
generating a second grant token based on the stored tenancy counter value;
determining whether the second grant token is identical to the first grant token of the tenant grant manifest; and
when it is determined that the second grant token is identical to the first grant token of the, tenant grant manifest, incrementing the stored tenancy counter value.