Patent ID: 7434067

Claim:
A secured electronic system comprising: a backdoor enabled electronic device having a stored serial number and an assigned device authorization level for access to controlled attributes; a single encrypted record of a serial number for said electronic device and the device authorization level for the access by said electronic device to controlled attributes; a decryption structure for decrypting said single encrypted record to provide representations of a decrypted serial number for said electronic device and representations of a decrypted device authorization level for said electronic device; a serial number comparator for testing said decrypted serial number for said electronic device with said stored serial number to control enablement of said electronic device; an authorization level comparator for testing said representations of a decrypted device authorization level for an enabled electronic device with an authorization level of a backdoor application to control access to said controlled attributes and to allow access to said controlled attributes when said decrypted device authorization level for said electronic device is of an equal or higher authorization level than the authorization level of the backdoor application.