US 2021/0282196 A1Published application

System, method and computer program product for secure bluetooth cryptography in a virtual mobile device platform

AssigneeHypori, Inc.

InventorJoel Howard Schopp

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Abstract

Embodiments are disclosed that allow encrypted data to be sent between a Bluetooth enabled device and a virtual device associated with a corresponding physical device. In particular, a Bluetooth implementation on the physical device may include one or more raw interfaces to facilitate endpoint to endpoint secure Bluetooth cryptography. Using these raw interfaces, an encrypted Bluetooth channel may be established directly between the virtual device and the Bluetooth enabled device using the radio of the physical device, where data may be encrypted and decrypted at an endpoint of the Bluetooth communication channel (such as at the virtual device or the Bluetooth enabled device) and passed through a Bluetooth implementation on the physical device without any additional encryption or decryption being performed on that data.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system for enabling secure communication between a virtual smartphone and a wireless accessory of a physical smartphone via the physical smartphone, the system comprising:

a virtual device platform comprising a plurality of virtual devices, the plurality of virtual devices comprising the virtual smartphone executing a smartphone operating system via which a user interface of the virtual smartphone is generated, wherein the virtual device platform is coupled to the physical smartphone over the Internet, wherein the virtual device platform comprises one or more processors programmed with computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to:
cause a user interface of the virtual smartphone to be presented on a touchscreen display of the physical smartphone, wherein the presentation of the user interface of the virtual smartphone enables a user of the physical smartphone to interact with the user interface of the virtual smartphone via the touchscreen display of the physical smartphone;
send, via the Internet, a first event to the physical smartphone, the first event including first cryptography data to connect the virtual smartphone implemented on the virtual device platform to the physical smartphone's wireless accessory;
obtain, via the Internet, a second event from the physical smartphone, the second event including second cryptography data to connect the virtual smartphone to the wireless accessory, and the second cryptography data being obtained by the physical smartphone from the wireless accessory via a wireless connection between the physical smartphone and the wireless accessory;
establish a key between the virtual smartphone and the wireless accessory based on the obtained second event;
and
exchange data between the virtual smartphone implemented on the virtual device platform and the wireless accessory via the physical smartphone by using the wireless connection between the physical smartphone and the wireless accessory.

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A method comprising:

providing a virtual device platform comprising a plurality of virtual devices, the plurality of virtual devices comprising a virtual mobile device, wherein the virtual device platform is coupled to a physical mobile device over the Internet, the virtual device platform configured such that the virtual mobile device corresponds to the physical mobile device;
causing a graphical representation of a user interface of the virtual mobile device to be presented on a display of the physical mobile device, wherein the presentation of the graphical representation enables a user of the physical mobile device to interact with the user interface of the virtual mobile device via the display of the physical mobile device;
sending, via the Internet, a first event to the physical mobile device, the first event including first cryptography data to connect the virtual mobile device implemented on the virtual device platform to wireless accessory of the physical mobile device;
obtaining, via the Internet, a second event from the physical mobile device, the second event including second cryptography data to connect the virtual mobile device to the wireless accessory, and the second cryptography data being obtained by the physical mobile device from the wireless accessory via a wireless connection between the physical mobile device and the wireless accessory;
and
exchanging data between the virtual mobile device implemented on the virtual device platform and the wireless accessory via the physical mobile device by using the wireless connection between the physical mobile device and the wireless accessory.

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A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions for:

providing a virtual device platform comprising a plurality of virtual devices, the plurality of virtual devices comprising a virtual mobile device, wherein the virtual device platform is coupled to a physical mobile device over the Internet, the virtual device platform configured such that the virtual mobile device corresponds to the physical mobile device;
causing a graphical representation of a user interface of the virtual mobile device to be presented on a display of the physical mobile device, wherein the presentation of the graphical representation enables a user of the physical mobile device to interact with the user interface of the virtual mobile device via the display of the physical mobile device;
sending, via the Internet, a first event to the physical mobile device, the first event including first cryptography data to connect the virtual mobile device implemented on the virtual device platform to a wireless accessory of the physical mobile device;
obtaining, via the Internet, a second event from the physical mobile device, the second event including second cryptography data to connect the virtual mobile device to the wireless accessory, and the second cryptography data being obtained by the physical mobile device from the wireless accessory via a wireless connection between the physical mobile device and the wireless accessory;
and
exchanging data between the virtual mobile device implemented on the virtual device platform and the wireless accessory via the physical mobile device by using the wireless connection between the physical mobile device and the wireless accessory.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/328,470Filed 24 May 2021
Priority: 2 Feb 2017
Published: 9 Sep 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification20 codes

H04W 76/10
Connection management: connection setup
G06F 9/452
Execution arrangements for user interfaces: remote windowing, e.g. X-Window System, desktop virtualisation
G06F 9/45558
Hypervisors; Virtual machine monitors: hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects
H04L 9/0816
Key distribution or management, e.g. generation, sharing or updating, of cryptographic keys or passwords: key establishment, i.e. cryptographic…

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