Patent ID: 8601555
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a secure device domain for sharing content among a plurality of consumer electronic devices, the method comprising: storing a domain certificate including a domain coordinator identifier, a domain coordinator public key, and a digital signature of the domain coordinator identifier and the domain coordinator public key in a memory of a first consumer electronics device; receiving a request from a second consumer electronics device to join the secure device domain; receiving data indicative of an approval of the request, wherein the data indicative of the approval of the request is received from a trusted party comprising a user of the second consumer electronics device; in response to the approval of the request, issuing, by a domain manager device, a device domain certificate for the device domain to the second consumer electronics device, the device domain certificate comprising the domain coordinator identifier, the domain coordinator public key, a device identifier of the second consumer electronics device, a device public key of the second consumer electronics device, and a digital signature of the domain coordinator identifier, the domain coordinator public key, the device identifier, and the device public key; and in response to the domain manager device being unavailable for providing approval for the second consumer electronics device to join the secure device domain, the first consumer electronics device issuing an extended domain certificate for the second consumer electronics device.