Return material authorization fulfillment system for smart grid devices with customer specific cryptographic credentials

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9830446
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14515920

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A method for removing credentials from a smart grid device includes: receiving, by a receiving device, a removal request, wherein the removal request includes a device identifier associated with a smart grid device and is signed by an entity associated with a set of security credentials stored in a memory of the smart grid device, the set of security credentials restricting access to one or more components or operations of the smart grid device; extracting, by a processing device, the device identifier included in the received removal request; generating, by the processing device, a permit configured to remove the set of credentials from the smart grid device, wherein the generated permit includes the extracted device identifier; and transmitting, by a transmitting device, the generated permit to the smart grid device for removal of the set of credentials from the memory of the smart grid device.

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ITRON NETWORKED SOLUTIONS INC2111 N MOLTER ROAD LIBERTY LAKE WA 99019

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Damm, Benjamin N San Francisco, US 11 53
Dubey, Aditi Redwood City, US 17 394
StJohns, Michael Germantown, US 7 66

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