# US 12,192,336 B1 · Trusted platform module cryptocurrency miner with secure zero touch provisioning capability > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,192,336 B1 - Document ID: US12192336B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 18/744,435 - Filed: 2024-06-14 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2023-06-14 - Assignees: Auradine, Inc. - Applicants: Auradine, Inc. - Inventors: Lei Chang; Robert Ashley; Liang Li - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12192336B1 ## CPC - H04L 9/0825: {using asymmetric-key encryption or public key infrastructure [PKI], e.g. key signature or public key certificates} - H04L 9/0866: {involving user or device identifiers, e.g. serial number, physical or biometrical information, DNA, hand-signature or measurable physical characteristics} - H04L 9/3239: {involving non-keyed hash functions, e.g. modification detection codes [MDCs], MD5, SHA or RIPEMD} - H04L 9/3247: {involving digital signatures} - H04L 9/50: {using hash chains, e.g. blockchains or hash trees} - H04L 2209/56: Financial cryptography, e.g. electronic payment or e-cash - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A secure communications and configuration system for digital currency mining systems provides two levels of digital signatures for communications between digital currency mining systems and a central management server where general communications are signed using software generated keys and sensitive communications are signed using an on-board encryption chip. The central management server verifies an initial registration message from a digital currency mining system and send initial configuration data to the digital currency mining system automatically. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: upon initial boot-up, generating a public key by an on-board encryption chip in a digital currency mining system; sending, by the digital currency mining system, the public key and a digital currency mining system serial number to a manufacturing server; sending, by the digital currency mining system, a registration message to a server, the registration message including a software generated public key and the digital currency mining system serial number, the registration message including a signature signed using the on-board encryption chip; receiving, by the digital currency mining system, configuration data from the server; setting, by the digital currency mining system, local parameters using the configuration data; wherein general communication messages are signed using a software generated private key before sending the general communication messages to the server; wherein sensitive communication messages are signed using the on-board encryption chip before sending the sensitive communication messages to the server. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving, by the server, the registration message; comparing, by the server, the digital currency mining system serial number to a plurality of stored serial numbers; verifying the signature in the registration message using a public key associated with the serial number; associating the software generated public key with the serial number; selecting configuration data for the digital currency mining system; sending the configuration data to the digital currency mining system. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the digital currency is bitcoin. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the on-board encryption chip is manufactured with a unique set of fixed seeds. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: retrieving, by the server, a plurality of digital currency mining system serial numbers and associated public keys from the manufacturing server; storing, by the server, the plurality of digital currency mining system serial numbers and associated public keys in a storage device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the manufacturing server stores the public key and the digital currency mining system serial number in a storage device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the manufacturing server stores the public key and the digital currency mining system serial number in a storage device; and wherein the manufacturing server sends the public key and the digital currency mining system serial number to the server. ### Claim 8 One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media, storing one or more sequences of instructions, which when executed by one or more processors cause performance of: upon initial boot-up, generating a public key by an on-board encryption chip in a digital currency mining system; sending, by the digital currency mining system, the public key and a digital currency mining system serial number to a manufacturing server; sending, by the digital currency mining system, a registration message to a server, the registration message including a software generated public key and the digital currency mining system serial number, the registration message including a signature signed using the on-board encryption chip; receiving, by the digital currency mining system, configuration data from the server; setting, by the digital currency mining system, local parameters using the configuration data; wherein general communication messages are signed using a software generated private key before sending the general communication messages to the server; wherein sensitive communication messages are signed using the on-board encryption chip before sending the sensitive communication messages to the server. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 8, wherein the one or more sequences of instructions, when executed by the one or more processors cause further performance of: receiving, by the server, the registration message; comparing, by the server, the digital currency mining system serial number to a plurality of stored serial numbers; verifying the signature in the registration message using a public key associated with the serial number; associating the software generated public key with the serial number; selecting configuration data for the digital currency mining system; sending the configuration data to the digital currency mining system. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 8, wherein the digital currency is bitcoin. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 8, wherein the on-board encryption chip is manufactured with a unique set of fixed seeds. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 8, wherein the one or more sequences of instructions, when executed by the one or more processors cause further performance of: retrieving, by the server, a plurality of digital currency mining system serial numbers and associated public keys from the manufacturing server; storing, by the server, the plurality of digital currency mining system serial numbers and associated public keys in a storage device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 8, wherein the manufacturing server stores the public key and the digital currency mining system serial number in a storage device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 8, wherein the manufacturing server stores the public key and the digital currency mining system serial number in a storage device; and wherein the manufacturing server sends the public key and the digital currency mining system serial number to the server. ### Claim 15 A system comprising: a digital currency mining system comprising: one or more processors; and a memory storing instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform: upon initial boot-up, generating a public key by an on-board encryption chip in a digital currency mining system; sending, by the digital currency mining system, the public key and a digital currency mining system serial number to a manufacturing server: sending, by the digital currency mining system, a registration message to a server, the registration message including a software generated public key and the digital currency mining system serial number, the registration message including a signature signed using the on-board encryption chip; receiving configuration data from the server; setting local parameters using the configuration data; wherein general communication messages are signed using a software generated private key before sending the general communication messages to the server; wherein sensitive communication messages are signed using the on-board encryption chip before sending the sensitive communication messages to the server. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, further comprising: the server comprising: one or more processors; and a memory storing instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform: receiving the registration message; comparing the digital currency mining system serial number to a plurality of stored serial numbers; verifying the signature in the registration message using a public key associated with the serial number; associating the software generated public key with the serial number; selecting configuration data for the digital currency mining system; sending the configuration data to the digital currency mining system. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the digital currency is bitcoin. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the on-board encryption chip is manufactured with a unique set of fixed seeds. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, further comprising: the server comprising: one or more processors; and a memory storing instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform: retrieving a plurality of digital currency mining system serial numbers and associated public keys from the manufacturing server; storing the plurality of digital currency mining system serial numbers and associated public keys in a storage device. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, further comprising: the manufacturing server comprising: one or more processors; and a memory storing instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform: receiving the public key and the digital currency mining system serial number; storing the public key and the digital currency mining system serial number in a storage device; sending the public key and the digital currency mining system serial number to the server.