Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Communicating messages with intermittently available encryption credentials
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Application No.: US14841226Application Date: 2015-08-31
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Publication No.: US09706394B2Publication Date: 2017-07-11
- Inventor: Berkat S. Tung , Daniel B. Pollack , Hyeonkuk Jeong , Joe S. Abuan , Pierre J. De Filippis , Yan Yang
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.
- Agent Jeffrey C. Hood; Joel L. Stevens
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; H04W12/02 ; H04L29/08 ; H04L9/08

Abstract:
Some embodiments relate to a device that transmits/receives encrypted communications with another device. A first device, such as a smart phone or smart watch, may generate a message associated with a certain data class, which may determine the security procedure used in the communication of the message. The first device may establish an encryption session for the purpose of communicating the message to a second device. Prior to sending the message, the first device may wait until encryption credentials are accessible according to certain conditions, which may be determined at least in part by the data class of the message. Similarly, after receiving the message, the second device may not be able to decrypt the message until encryption credentials are accessible according to certain conditions, which may be determined at least in part by the message data class.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160262016A1 Communicating Messages with Intermittently Available Encryption Credentials Public/Granted day:2016-09-08
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