US 11,706,038 B1
System and method for distributed PKI root
Darshak Thakore, Broomfield, CO (US); Michael Glenn, Golden, CO (US); Brian Alexander Scriber, Lafayette, CO (US); and Steven John Goeringer, Westminster, CO (US)
Assigned to Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed by Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/866,967.
Application 17/866,967 is a continuation of application No. 17/101,704, filed on Nov. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,394,564.
Application 17/101,704 is a continuation of application No. 15/935,533, filed on Mar. 26, 2018, granted, now 10,848,322, issued on Nov. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/476,365, filed on Mar. 24, 2017.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 9/3268 (2013.01) [H04L 9/006 (2013.01); H04L 9/3239 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05); H04L 2209/56 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A first computer device for trust-based system, the first computer device in operable communication with a second computer device different from the first computer device, a digital ledger, and an index, the first computer device comprising:
a first processor; and
a first memory configured to store first instructions therein, which, when executed by the first processor, cause the first processor to:
create at least one first public/private keypair for a first domain name;
in the index, register the first domain name and create a trust server;
register the trust server in the digital ledger;
using the trust server, create a first credential for a first entity;
register the first credential in at least one of the digital ledger and the index as a registered first credential; and
assert, to the second computer device, trust in the first entity based on the registered first credential,
wherein the registered first credential is accessible to the second computer device for validation of the registered first certificate.