Patent ID: 6980660

Claim:
A method for initializing a first device distributed with an embedded radio module using a server, said server having an embedded radio module, said method comprising the steps of: sending an inquiry from said server to said first device using said embedded radio modules; returning, from said first device, a unique device identifier of said first device, to said server; creating, at said server, a public key, private key pair for said first device; creating, at said server, a device certificate for said first device, said device certificate having a unique hardware identifier associated with said first device and a public key associated with said first device; transmitting said private key, and said device certificate, and a public key of a Certificate Authority which signed said device certificate, to said first device; and storing said private key in non-removable protected storage at said first device; wherein said protected storage is write-only storage able to perform computations involving previously-written data.