ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,765, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD (New Tech Park, Singapore).
"Method of providing a secure electronic device" was invented by Igor Stolbikov (Apex, N.C.), Rod D Waltermann (Rougemont, N.C.) and Scott Li (Cary, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for activating an electronic device is provided. The system includes an electronic device configured to generate an activation token that is based on a one-time public key and an electronic device private key using a Diffie-Hellman protocol. The system also includes a service server configured to generate a service token using the Diffie-Hellman pro...