US 11,943,349 B2
Authentication through secure sharing of digital secrets previously established between devices
Vikal Kumar Jain, Englewood, CO (US)
Assigned to DISH Technologies L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed by DISH Technologies L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/183,257.
Application 17/183,257 is a continuation of application No. 16/021,217, filed on Jun. 28, 2018, granted, now 10,931,448.
Prior Publication US 2021/0184847 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 9/0877 (2013.01) [H04L 9/321 (2013.01); H04L 63/0876 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated digital authentication process to be performed by a client device to authenticate the client device with a security server via a network, the automated process comprising:
generating, by the client device, a digital secret;
transmitting, by the client device, the digital secret to a trusted home device that is in secure communication with the security server and that has previously established a trusted relationship with the security server to thereby permit the trusted home device to securely forward the digital secret created by the client device to the security server via the network for storage of the digital secret by the security server;
directly providing the digital secret from the client device to the security server in a request to authenticate the computer system; and
in response to the security server successfully comparing the digital secret directly provided from the client device to the digital secret received from the trusted home device, the client device receiving an authentication message that provides access to a network service.