Patent ID: 9137025
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: G06F,H01M,H02J,H04L,H04M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A method for managing authentication data for an authentication device associated with a mobile device component, the method comprising: accessing, at a manufacturing entity, encrypted authentication data stored on an authentication device associated with a mobile device component, wherein the mobile device component is configured to provide electrical power to a mobile device and to receive an interrogation message from the mobile device; generating, at the manufacturing entity, unencrypted authentication data for the authentication device by decrypting the encrypted authentication data; and storing, at the manufacturing entity, the unencrypted authentication data on the authentication device associated with the mobile device component, wherein storing the unencrypted authentication data on the authentication device enables the authentication device to provide a valid reply message in response to receiving the interrogation message from the mobile device.