Mobile device authentication with a data source using self-signed certificates
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsOmar Aftab, Liang Chen, Jon Xu
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Abstract
A system for authenticating a mobile computing device is disclosed. The system comprises an access credential module that creates and uses a self-signed access credential. The self-signed access credential indicates that a mobile computing device possessing the access credential is trusted. The system further comprises a data protection module that applies the access credential to data used by the mobile computing device. Methods for using the system are also disclosed.
Claims20
A system for authenticating a mobile computing device, comprising:
- an access credential module that creates and uses a self-signed access credential that indicates that a mobile computing device possessing the access credential is trusted;
- and
- a data protection module that applies the access credential to data used by the mobile computing device.
A method for protecting data communications of a mobile computing device, comprising:
- creating, on a computer, a self-signed security certificate that is assigned to an identified mobile computing device;
- and
- using the self-signed security certificate to protect data communications of the identified mobile computing device.
A system for protecting data communications of a mobile computing device, comprising:
- means for creating a self-signed security certificate that is assigned to an identified mobile computing device;
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- means for using the self-signed security certificate to protect data communications of the identified mobile computing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.