Managing electronic devices using an electronic device as a root of trust

An apparatus that resides on a root of trust device for managing electronic devices, the apparatus comprising:

• managing-devices-in-a-trusted-environment-associated-with-a-root-of-trust-device-without-requiring-device-user-to-configure-using-new-device-detector 162 configured for detecting that a new electronic device 170 has been associated with a trusted environment 130 that the root of trust device 150 is the root of trust for.
• managing-devices-in-a-trusted-environment-associated-with-a-root-of-trust-device-without-requiring-device-user-to-configure-using-root-of-trust-accessor 164 configured for accessing a root of trust identifier that identifies the electronic device 150 as the root of trust device 150 for a new electronic device 170 associated with a trusted environment 130;
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• managing-devices-in-a-trusted-environment-associated-with-a-root-of-trust-device-without-requiring-device-user-to-configure-using-device-management-interface 166 configured for managing the new electronic device 170 using the root of trust device 150 without requiring the user of the root of trust device 150 and the new electronic device 170 to configure any electronic devices.

An apparatus for managing electronic devices using an electronic device as a root of trust, the apparatus comprising:

• managing-devices-in-a-trusted-environment-without-requiring-device-user-to-configure-using-root-of-trust-device-registration-information-receiver 142 configured for receiving registration information for an electronic device 150, wherein the registration information identifies the electronic device 150 and an environment 130 that the electronic device 150 is trusted in;
• managing-devices-in-a-trusted-environment-without-requiring-device-user-to-configure-using-root-of-trust-device-registration-information-specifier 144 configured for specifying the electronic device 150 as a root of trust device 150 for the trusted environment 130 based on the registration information;
• managing-devices-in-a-trusted-environment-without-requiring-device-user-to-configure-using-root-of-trust-ro-new-device-associator 146 configured for specifying the root of trust device 150 as the root of trust for a new electronic device 170 based on new information that identifies the root of trust device 150 and identifies the new electronic device 170;
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• managing-devices-in-a-trusted-environment-without-requiring-device-user-to-configure-using-root-of-trust-device-new-device-management-interface configured for managing the new electronic device 170 using the root of trust device 150 without requiring the user of the root of trust device 150 and the new electronic device 170 to configure any electronic devices.