Managing an unmanned aerial vehicle identity
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorDrew Foster Van Duren
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Abstract
In embodiments of systems and methods for managing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) identity, a processor of a network computing device may generate an anonymity token that is associated with a digital certificate of a UAV, provide the anonymity token to the UAV for use in operations, receive a request to authenticate the UAV, wherein the request includes the anonymity token, determine whether the anonymity token included in the request is associated with the digital certificate, and send an indication that the UAV is authenticated responsive to the request in response to determining that the anonymity token included in the request is associated with the digital certificate.
Claims30
A method performed by a processor of a base station for managing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) identity, comprising:
- receiving from a UAV an assertion that the UAV is entitled to perform operations anonymously, wherein performing operations anonymously comprises transmitting all messages that do not include information identifying the UAV;
- sending to a network computing device a request to authenticate the UAV, wherein the request includes the assertion and a digital signature performed over the assertion;
- receiving a response from the network computing device indicating whether the UAV is entitled to perform operations anonymously;
- determining whether the UAV is entitled to perform operations anonymously based on the response received from the network computing device;
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- broadcasting information about the UAV that is configured without identity information of the UAV in response to determining that the UAV is entitled to perform operations anonymously.
A base station, comprising:
- a processor configured with processor-executable instructions to:
- receive from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) an assertion that the UAV is entitled to perform operations anonymously, wherein performing operations anonymously comprises transmitting all messages that do not include information identifying the UAV;
- send to a network computing device a request to authenticate the UAV, wherein the request includes the assertion and a digital signature performed over the assertion;
- receive a response from the network computing device indicating whether the UAV is entitled to perform operations anonymously;
- determine whether the UAV is entitled to perform operations anonymously based on the response received from the network computing device;
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- broadcast information about the UAV that is configured without identity information of the UAV in response to determining that the UAV is entitled to perform operations anonymously.
A base station, comprising:
- means for receiving from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) an assertion that the UAV is entitled to perform operations anonymously, wherein performing operations anonymously comprises transmitting all messages that do not include information identifying the UAV;
- means for sending to a network computing device a request to authenticate the UAV, wherein the request includes the assertion and a digital signature performed over the assertion;
- means for receiving a response from the network computing device indicating whether the UAV is entitled to perform operations anonymously;
- means for determining whether the UAV is entitled to perform operations anonymously based on the response received from the network computing device;
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- means for broadcasting information about the UAV that is configured without identity information of the UAV in response to determining that the UAV is entitled to perform operations anonymously.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.