Patent ID: 7454619
Filing Date: 2008-11-18
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating secure communication between two networked devices, comprising: establishing communication between a situation notification device and a provisioning device over a preferred channel, wherein the preferred channel is bidirectional, location-limited, has a demonstrative identification property and an authenticity property, and does not require being resistant to eavesdropping; prior to establishing the communication, pre-authenticating the situation notification device to ensure that the situation notification device has physical access to the preferred channel, wherein pre-authenticating the situation notification device involves: providing provisioning information to said situation notification device over said preferred channel, wherein said situation notification device is automatically configured to receive subject matter information responsive to said provisioning information; receiving said subject matter information; verifying said subject matter information with said provisioning information; and presenting said subject matter information to a user of the situation notification device responsive to the step of verifying, wherein the step of verifying ensures that the subject matter information is genuine.