Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Secure transfer of a data object between user devices
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Application No.: US15274388Application Date: 2016-09-23
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Publication No.: US10462109B2Publication Date: 2019-10-29
- Inventor: Arun G. Mathias , Thomas A. Dilligan , Matthew C. Lucas , Anush G. Nadathur , Kevin P. McLaughlin
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kilpatrick, Townsend & Stockton
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; H04L29/08 ; H04L9/14 ; H04L9/30 ; H04L9/08 ; H04L9/12 ; H04L9/32

Abstract:
A data transfer process can include multiple verification features usable by a “source” device to ensure that a “destination” device is authorized to receive a requested data object. The source device and destination device can communicate via a first communication channel (which can be on a wide-area network) to exchange public keys, then use the public keys to verify their identities and establish a secure session on a second communication channel (which can be a local channel). The data object can be transferred via the secure session. Prior to sending the data object, the source device can perform secondary verification operations (in addition to the key exchange) to confirm the identity of the second device and/or the locality of the connection on the second communication channel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170359314A1 Secure Transfer of A Data Object Between User Devices Public/Granted day:2017-12-14
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