US 12,463,833 B2
Granting permissions and accesses to devices and third parties
Manuel Roman Cuesta, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Brandon K. Leventhal, San Francisco, CA (US); Keith W. Rauenbuehler, San Francisco, CA (US); and Florian Galdo, Emerald Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on May 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/141,886.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/348,858, filed on Jun. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0396451 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 9/32 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 9/3268 (2013.01) [H04L 9/3213 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for delegating authority to generate a token from a property owner to a sharing platform, the method comprising:
receiving, by a computing device from a device, a message comprising a request to delegate authority for generating the token for the device, the delegation to be to the sharing platform;
requesting, by the computing device, a determination of eligibility of the device for delegation of the authority based at least in part on the request and a root certificate that validates the sharing platform;
receiving, by the computing device, the determination of eligibility of the device for delegation of the authority;
requesting, by the computing device, an intermediate certificate from the sharing platform based at least in part on the determination of eligibility of the device, the intermediate certificate being associated with the device and being based at least in part on the root certificate; and
creating, by the computing device, a delegation file identifying an approved delegation of authority based at least in part on using the intermediate certificate to validate the sharing platform.