Secure configuration of a computing device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8214648
APP PUB NO 20110007895A1
SERIAL NO

12878201

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In accordance with a broad aspect, a method is provided to securely configure a computing device. A configuration indication is received into the computing device, including receiving a digital signature generated based on the configuration indication. Generation of the digital signature accounts for a unique identifier nominally associated with the computing device. The received configuration indication may be verified to be authentic including processing the unique identifier, the received configuration indication and the received digital signature. The computing device may be operated or interoperated with in accordance with the received configuration indication. In one example, a service interoperates with the computing device. For example, the computing device may be a portable media player, and the service may provide media to the computing device based on a capacity indication of the configuration indication.

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APPLE INCCUPERTINO CA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ward, Alan Thornton, US 27 781
Wysocki, Christopher R Los Gatos, US 33 1338

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