Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and device for verifying the integrity of platform software of an electronic device
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Application No.: US15847284Application Date: 2017-12-19
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Publication No.: US10482238B2Publication Date: 2019-11-19
- Inventor: Nadarajah Asokan , Janne Mantyla , Reza Serafat
- Applicant: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.
- Applicant Address: LU Luxembourg
- Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.a r.l.
- Current Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.a r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: LU Luxembourg
- Agency: Conversant Wireless Licensing
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; G06F21/51 ; H04L9/32

Abstract:
A method for verifying the integrity of platform software of an electronic device is provided, the method comprising accessing a module of said platform software, obtaining a signature (S), obtaining a verification key (VK), said verification key (VK) corresponding to a signing key (SK), verifying if said signature (S) was derived by signing said platform software module with said signing key (SK), by using said verification key (VK), and establishing a positive verification of said platform software module if said verification is successful. The invention also provides a method for providing a platform software module to perform the aforementioned method, and a device on which the aforementioned method can be performed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180253546A1 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VERIFYING THE INTEGRITY OF PLATFORM SOFTWARE OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE Public/Granted day:2018-09-06
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