Secure Communications
AssigneeAtmel Corporation
InventorStephane Di Vito
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, an apparatus that includes a verification module to provide information used to identify a user of the apparatus, a memory for storing information used for securing communications transmitted to a remote device, a processing unit for generating a secured communication based on the stored information, and an interface to communicate with a peripheral interface of a host device. The host device configured to transmit the secured communication to the remote device without accessing content of the secured communication.
Claims40
An apparatus comprising:
- a verification module to provide information used to identify a user of the apparatus;
- a memory for storing information used for securing communications transmitted to a remote device;
- a processing unit for generating a secured communication based on the stored information;
- and
- an interface to communicate with a peripheral interface of a host device, the host device configured to transmit the secured communication to the remote device without accessing content of the secured communication.
A method comprising:
- providing information used to verify a user associated with a security device;
- generating, at the security device, information for securing communications between the security device and a remote device;
- and transmitting, using a peripheral interface, a secure communication to a host device having a bridge application configured to forward the secure communication to the remote device using a network, wherein content of the secure communication is inaccessible to the host device.
A method comprising:
- providing information used to verify a user associated with a security device;
- receiving at a local device from a security device a secure communication transmitted through a local connection of the local device, wherein content of the secure communication is inaccessible to the local device;
- and
- forwarding, through an unsecured network, the secure communication to a remote secure device configured to access the content of the secure communication.
A system comprising:
- a security information generator for determining information used to secure messages transmitted to a remote device;
- a message generator for generating secure messages using the determined information;
- and
- an interface to communicate with a peripheral interface of a host device configured to transmit the secure messages to the remote device, wherein content of the secured messages are inaccessible to the host device.
A system comprising:
- means for generating secure communications at a peripheral for transmission through an unsecured local device to a remote device;
- and
- interface means for transmitting the secure communications to the unsecured local device, wherein content of the secure communications are inaccessible to the unsecured local device.
A method comprising:
- generating information for securing communications between a security device and a remote device;
- and
- transmitting the generated information to a host device using a peripheral connection, the host device coupled to the remote device without making the generated information accessible to the host device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.