US 6,983,368 B2
Linking public key of device to information during manufacture
Lynn Henry Wheeler, Denver, Colo. (US); and Anne M. Wheeler, Denver, Colo. (US)
Assigned to First Data Corporation, Greenwood Village, Colo. (US)
Appl. No. 10/343,656
PCT Filed Aug. 06, 2001, PCT No. PCT/US01/24572
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Feb. 03, 2003,
PCT Pub. No. WO02/13445, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 14, 2002.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/223076, filed on Aug. 04, 2000.
Prior Publication US 2004/0030901 A1, Feb. 12, 2004
Int. Cl. H04L 9/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 713—170 86 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of managing a database for reliably identifying a Security Profile of a device that generates digital signatures, comprising the steps of:
(a) maintaining the database in a secure environment;
(b) recording in the database for each one of a plurality of devices manufactured in the secure environment,
(i) a public key of a public-private key pair of the manufactured device, and in association therewith,
(ii) a Security Profile of the manufactured device,
the public key and Security Profile thereby being securely linked together; and
(c) communicating a reference in a secure manner, the reference including the public key and Security Profile linked therewith for at least one of the manufactured devices, wherein said communicating the reference in a secure manner comprises originating a digital signature for a database record of a manufactured device maintained in the database and publishing the digital signature and the database record.