System and method of owner control of electronic devices
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsHerbert A. Little, David R. Clark
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Abstract
A system and method of owner control of an electronic device are provided. Owner identification information, such as data integrity and source authentication information, is stored on the electronic device. Received owner control information is stored on the electronic device where the integrity of the received owner control information is verified and/or the source is authenticated using the owner identification information. In one embodiment, owner identification information comprises an owner signature private key.
Claims19
A method of owner control of electronic devices, comprising the steps of:
- receiving, at an electronic device, owner information which includes owner identification information, wherein the owner identification information includes source authentication information;
- receiving, at the electronic device, owner control information;
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- using the received owner identification information to check integrity of the received owner control information, the source authentication information being usable for authenticating that the received owner control information is from an owner of the electronic device
- wherein the owner control information includes an authorized software application list that identifies an authorized software application by a hash of the software application, and wherein the software application is to be used on the electronic device based upon an integrity check relative to the hash of the software application.
An owner control apparatus, comprising:
- an owner information store configured to store owner identification information having data integrity information;
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- an owner control information store configured to store owner control information to control operations of an electronic device, and wherein the stored data integrity information is used to check integrity of the owner control information, and wherein whether to use the stored owner control information on the electronic device is determined based upon the check of the integrity of the owner control information,
- wherein the owner control information includes an authorized software application list that identifies an authorized software application by a hash of the software application, and wherein the software application is to be used on the electronic device based upon an integrity check relative to the hash of the software application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.