Patent ID: 9294468
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a request from an application executing on a portable device, wherein the request includes an application-level certificate generated in the portable device by a portable device processor of the portable device, wherein the application-level certificate comprises at least a portion of a self-signed device-level certificate generated at the portable device and associated with the portable device, and wherein the request includes information obtained from the self-signed device-level certificate; authenticating the requesting application based on the application-level certificate, wherein the application-level certificate includes public key information for establishing a secure communication channel; in response to the authentication, beginning a handshaking process using the public key information in the application-level certificate to establish a secure communication channel with the portable device; and establishing a secure communication channel with the portable device.