Patent AU-2012233056-B2 (AU)
Title: Enabling users to select between secure service providers using a key escrow service
Inventor: PELLY NICHOLAS JULIAN
IPC: H04W4/50
Filed: 2012-08-10
Granted: 2013-10-10
Abstract: (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date W O 2013/039625 Al 21 March 2013 (21.03.2013) W I P0 I P CT (51) International Patent Classification: (74) Agent: ISAACS, II, William, 0.; Johnson, Marcou & H04W12/04 (2009.01) G06F 21/20 (2006.01) Isaacs. LLC, 317a E. Liberty Street, Savannah, GA 31401 H04W 12/08 (2009.01) (US). (21) International Application Number: (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every PCT/US2012/050479 kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, (22) International Filing Date: AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, (22) Internationa Fihng Dat2 BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DK, DM, 10 August 2012 (10.08.2012) DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, Fl, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, (25) Filing Language: English HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IS, JP, KE, KG, KM, KN, KP, KR, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LT, LU, LY, MA, MD, (26) Publication Language: English ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, (30) Priority Data: NO, NZ, OM, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, 61/535,329 15 September 2011 (15.09.2011) US SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, 13/244,876 26 September 2011 (26.09.2011) US TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, (71) Applicant (for all designated States except US): GOOGLE INC. [US/US]; 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every Mountain View, CA 94043 (US). kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, SZ, TZ, (72) Inventors; and UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, (75) Inventors/Applicants (for US only): PELLY, Nicholas, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, Julian [AU/US]; 161b Hartford Street, San Francisco, CA EE, ES, Fl, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, 94114 (US). HAMILTON, Jeffrey, William [US/US]; MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, 5200 Deerwood Ct., Austin, TX 78730 (US). [Continued on next page] (54) Title: ENABLING USERS TO SELECT BETWEEN SECURE SERVICE PROVIDERS USING A KEY ESCROW SERVICE (57) Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for enabling users to select from available secure service providers (each having a secure service Secure service Trusted Service Manager ("TSM")) for provisioning applications and ser Provider Provider 160A 1eGB vices on a secure element installed on a device of the user. The device in eyKey cludes a service provider selector ("SPS") module that provides a user Trusted terface for selecting the secure service provider. In one embodiment, the Key Escrow Service Trusted Service service SPS communicates with a key escrow service that maintains cryptograph 150_ Manager Manager M170A 17 B ic keys for the secure element and distributes the keys to the user selected secure service provider. The key escrow service also revokes the keys from deselected secure service providers. In another embodiment, the SPS S_ communicates with a central TSM that provisions applications and ser Application I vice on behalf of the user selected secure service provider. The central 0" TSM serves as a proxy between the secure service providers and the se cure element. Mobile Network Operator Eno User Service Provider Host Network Device Selector CPU 110 NFC Antenna NFC Controller 0 Fig. 1