Patent ID: 7328337
Filing Date: 2008-02-05
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for granting trust to and revoking said granted trust from a partner of a system using a master key, comprising the steps of: providing a minor key associated with said partner; providing a general purpose empowerment entity associated with said minor key, said empowerment entity comprising general purpose empowerment code, and said empowerment entity signed by said master key for said granting trust to said partner; providing a general purpose antidote entity associated with said minor key, said antidote entity comprising general purpose antidote code, and said antidote entity signed by said master key for said revoking said granted trust from said partner; and providing an interface to said system for, granting trust to and revoking trust from said partner, said interface signed by said master key, and wherein said interface is an application program interface (API); wherein said system comprises system code and said partner comprises partner code.