Patent ID: 11893118
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. A computer-readable storage medium having program instructions recorded thereon that, when executed by a processor of a computing device, perform a method comprising:
during a boot session of the computing device:
detecting an indication of a transfer of ownership of the computing device from a first to a second, the first being associated with a first set of fuses that stores a first public key associated with the first; and
in response to detecting the indication of the transfer of ownership of the computing device from the first to the second:
programming a second set of fuses to store a second public key associated with the second, the indication of the transfer of ownership comprises comprising the second public key, wherein programming the second set of fuses does not alter the first set of fuses; and
blowing one or more fuses in the first set of fuses to invalidate the first public key.