Patent ID: 11943349
Assignee: DISH TECHNOLOGIES L.L.C.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. A client device that authenticates with a security server via a wide area network, the client device comprising:
a processor;
a network interface to communicate via a local area network; and
a memory that stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, performs an automated process comprising:
generating a digital secret;
transmitting, by the client device, the digital secret device to a trusted home device via the local area network, wherein the trusted home device is in secure communication with the security server and has previously established a trusted relationship with the security server to thereby permit the trusted home device to securely forward the digital secret created by the client device to the security server via the wide area network for storage of the digital secret by the security server;
directly providing the digital secret by the client device to the security server via the wide area network in a request to authenticate the computer system; and
in response to the security server successfully comparing the digital secret directly provided from the client device to the digital secret received from the trusted home device, the client device receiving an authentication message that provides access to a network service.