Patent ID: 7516482

Claim:
A method of using a peer-to-peer type resolution to enable a secured, centralized hierarchical lookup between connected devices, the method comprising: generating one or more first cryptographic keys associated with a first namespace of a first domain, the first domain being a member of a set of centralized hierarchical domains of namespaces; creating a first authority using one of the one or more first cryptographic keys; generating one or more next cryptographic keys associated with a next higher-level namespace, the next higher-level namespace at a higher level domain than the first namespace, the higher level domain being another member of the set of centralized hierarchical domains of namespaces; creating a next higher-level authority using one of the one or more next cryptographic keys; and publishing, using the peer-to-peer type resolution, an association between the first and the next higher-level namespaces, the association comprising: a signed resolution that resolves a unique name of the first namespace to the first authority, the signed resolution signed with the one of the one or more next cryptographic keys and the unique name including the next higher-level authority and the first namespace.