Taking ownership of a part-physical, part-virtual device
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsCharles M. Patton, Stephen A. Loughran, Rajeev K. Pandey
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method, system and device for securing ownership for a two-part device with a physical unit and a virtual unit so that ownership of the two-part device is efficiently initiated, maintained, and transferred. The steps include initiating, by a user, an activation signal from the physical unit to the virtual unit to activate an ownership procedure and employing a double safety mechanism to activate ownership services via the virtual unit for the physical unit.
Claims52
A method for securing ownership for a two-part device with a physical unit and a virtual unit, wherein ownership of the two-part device is efficiently initiated, maintained, and transferred, comprising the steps of:
- initiating, by a user, an activation signal from the physical unit to the virtual unit to activate an ownership procedure;
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- utilizing a double safety mechanism to activate ownership services via the virtual unit for the physical unit.
A method for taking ownership of a part-physical, part-virtual device, comprising the steps of:
- communicating, by a physical unit of the device, by sending an activation signal to a virtual unit of the device;
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- registering ownership of the device using a double knowledge check-proof of knowledge check mechanism.
A two-part device with a physical unit and a virtual unit, wherein ownership of the two-part device is efficiently initiated, maintained, and transferred, comprising:
- a physical unit, having an ownership activation trigger for initiating, by a user, an activation signal from the physical unit to the virtual unit to activate an ownership procedure;
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- the virtual unit, which communicates with the physical unit upon activation;
- wherein the physical unit and the virtual unit employ a double safety mechanism to register ownership services.
A system for taking ownership of a part-physical, part-virtual device, comprising:
- an activation trigger, located on a physical unit of the device, for initiating an activation signal;
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- the physical unit of the system, coupled to the activation trigger, for sending the activation signal to a virtual unit of the system;
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- the virtual unit of the system, arranged to communicate with the physical unit of the system, for registering ownership of the device using a double knowledge check-proof of knowledge check mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.