Patent ID: 9246687
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: generating, by a first device, a first key pair comprising a first public key portion and a first private key portion; transferring, by the first device, the first public key portion to a second device having a second key pair, the second key pair comprising a second public key portion and a second private key portion, wherein the second key pair is associated with second entitlements comprising second data entitlements and second signing entitlements that are within the second data entitlements, and wherein the second device is configured to: signing, by the first device, data with the first private key portion to generate a data signature; and sending, by the first device, the data and the data signature to the digital processing system, wherein receiving the data and the data signature causes the digital processing system to authenticate the data before processing the data by verifying that the data signature was produced using the first key pair and by verifying that the first entitlements include the first data entitlements for processing the data, and wherein failing to authenticate the data causes the digital processing system to reset to limited operations.