Managing entitlement
    61.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11146406B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-12

    申请号:US16076232

    申请日:2017-07-26

    Abstract: A method for managing entitlement of a device to access a service, the method comprising providing an authenticated identity for the device, the authenticated identity including a public encryption key pair associated with the device signed by a trusted authority, and generating a device entitlement certificate encoding an authorisation related to the service and including a public key of the public encryption key pair associated with the device, wherein the device entitlement certificate is signed by the trusted authority.

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC SHARDING OF CONCURRENT BLOCKCHAINS

    公开(公告)号:US20210314154A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-07

    申请号:US17058149

    申请日:2018-10-17

    Abstract: An apparatus, being a network entity of a computer network is provided. The apparatus comprises a communication module to receive and to send information on a blockchain. Moreover, the apparatus comprises a query module to obtain from a master chain of the blockchain a rule for a first shard and a second shard of the blockchain with respect to a smart contract. Furthermore, the query module is to obtain information on the smart contract from the first shard or from the second shard depending on the rule. Moreover, the query module is to output the information on the smart contract.

    INFRASTRUCTURE DEVICE ENROLMENT
    63.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210306157A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-30

    申请号:US17260270

    申请日:2018-11-01

    Abstract: According to aspects of the present disclosure, there is provided methods and devices for enrolling a device into a network, including a device comprising a secure storage comprising a device identifier and a public key, and a controller configured to: retrieve a proof-of-ownership certificate comprising a cryptographic binding between the device identifier and an owner identifier based on a secret key corresponding to the stored public key, authenticate the proof-of-ownership certificate based on the stored device identifier and public key, establish an authenticated communication channel with a device manager based on the authenticated proof-of-ownership certificate, and receive setup information from the device manager to enrol the device on the network.

    Authentication system
    64.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10540487B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-21

    申请号:US15795601

    申请日:2017-10-27

    Abstract: A system and method for authentication are described herein. An authentication request is received at a combiner proxy (350). The combiner proxy (350), is arranged to receive a user authentication request, receive one or more share values from one or more communications devices (330A, . . . , 330N) where each of the communications devices (330A, . . . 330N) stores at least one share value of a set of share values and determine if one or more share values that have been received from the communications devices (330A, . . . , 330N) meet a quantitative criteria. The combiner proxy (350) is arranged to authenticate the user if the received share values meet the quantitative criteria.

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