US 12,003,964 B2
Anonymous device authentication
Randall Spangler, San Jose, CA (US); and Kiavash Faraji, Newark, CA (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/268,668
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/040240
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 16, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/003127, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/870,167, filed on Jul. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0116776 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 12/069 (2021.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/30 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 12/0431 (2021.01); H04W 12/50 (2021.01); H02J 50/40 (2016.01)
CPC H04W 12/069 (2021.01) [H02J 7/00045 (2020.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02); H02J 50/80 (2016.02); H04L 9/0891 (2013.01); H04L 9/3073 (2013.01); H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04W 12/0431 (2021.01); H04W 12/50 (2021.01); H02J 50/40 (2016.02)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by an electronic device, the method comprising:
accessing, by the electronic device, data stored by the electronic device that identifies authentication keys the electronic device accepts as valid;
sending, by the electronic device to a second electronic device, an authentication request that identifies a set of authentication keys including at least some of the authentication keys the electronic device accepts as valid;
receiving, by the electronic device, response data that the second electronic device provides in response to the authentication request, wherein the response data (i) identifies a particular authentication key from the set of authentication keys identified by the authentication request, and (ii) includes a signature generated using the particular authentication key; and
authenticating, by the electronic device, the second electronic device by determining that the received signature was generated using the particular authentication key.