Patent ID: 9338005
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method of securely registering a module for backup, wherein the module comprises a processor, the method comprising: generating an export cryptographic key using the module, wherein the module comprises a first nonvolatile memory and a second nonvolatile memory, and further wherein the first nonvolatile memory and the second nonvolatile memory are logically partitioned portions of a single physical persistent memory; automatically generating, using the processor, a backup cryptographic key for the module that is unique to the module, wherein the backup key is employed to encrypt user data associated with the module for transmission of the user data to a backup center; generating a hash of the backup key; encrypting, using the processor, the backup cryptographic key using the export cryptographic key; transmitting the encrypted backup cryptographic key, the generated hash of the backup key, and a module identifier corresponding to the module, to a backup center; and storing the encrypted backup cryptographic key, the transmitted hash of the backup key, and the transmitted module identifier, with the backup center.