Hybrid integration of software development kit with secure execution environment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10511583-B2
Application number	US-201816165955-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 19, 2018
Priority date	Dec 31, 2014
Publication date	Dec 17, 2019
Grant date	Dec 17, 2019

Abstract

A portable communication device may include a mobile application executing in an application execution environment and a secure application executing in a trusted execution environment. The secure application may receive, from the mobile application, a storage request to store sensitive data. The storage request may include an encrypted data type identifier and an encrypted sensitive data. The secure application may decrypt the encrypted data type identifier and the encrypted sensitive data using a transport key, and re-encrypt the sensitive data using a storage key. The re-encrypted sensitive data can then be stored in a memory of the portable communication device which is outside the trusted execution environment.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A portable communication device comprising:
one or more processor circuits; and
one or more memory units coupled to the one or more processor circuits and storing computer readable code implementing a secure application in a trusted execution environment, which when executed by the one or more processor circuits, performs operations including:
receiving, by the secure application from a mobile application executing in an application execution environment of the portable communication device, a first storage request to store first sensitive data, the first sensitive data being a first token or a cryptogram generation key, the first storage request including a first encrypted data type identifier and first encrypted sensitive data;
decrypting, by the secure application, the first encrypted data type identifier and the first encrypted sensitive data using a transport key;
determining, by the secure application, whether the first decrypted data type identifier indicates that the first sensitive data is a token or a cryptogram generation key;
re-encrypting, by the secure application based on the first decrypted data type identifier, the first sensitive data using a key to generate re-encrypted first sensitive data; and
storing the re-encrypted first sensitive data outside the trusted execution environment,
wherein the first sensitive data is the first token, wherein the first decrypted data type identifier indicates that the first sensitive data is a token, wherein the key is a token-storage key, and wherein the operations further include:
receiving, by the secure application from the mobile application, a second storage request to store second sensitive data, the second storage request including a second encrypted data type identifier and second encrypted sensitive data;
decrypting, by the secure application, the second encrypted data type identifier and the second encrypted sensitive data using the transport key;
determining, by the secure application, that the second decrypted data type identifier indicates the second sensitive data to store is a token;
re-encrypting, by the secure application, the second sensitive data using the token-storage key to generate a re-encrypted token; and
storing the re-encrypted token outside the trusted execution environment.

2. The portable communication device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further include:
receiving, by the secure application from the mobile application, a request to retrieve the first token, the request including the re-encrypted first sensitive data;
decrypting, by the secure application, the re-encrypted first sensitive data using the token-storage key; and
sending, by the secure application to the mobile application, the first token.

3. The portable communication device of claim 1 , wherein the first encrypted sensitive data is received by the mobile application from a server, and the first encrypted sensitive data is signed by the server, and wherein the operations further include:
verifying, by the secure application, that the first encrypted sensitive data was signed by the server using a certificate associated with the server.

4. A method for managing sensitive data in a portable communication device having a mobile application executing in an application execution environment and a secure application executing in a trusted execution environment, the method comprising:
receiving, by the secure application from the mobile application executing in the application execution environment of the portable communication device, a first storage request to store first sensitive data, the first sensitive data being a first token or a cryptogram generation key, the first storage request including a first encrypted data type identifier and first encrypted sensitive data;
decrypting, by the secure application, the first encrypted data type identifier and the first encrypted sensitive data using a transport key;
determining, by the secure application, whether the first decrypted data type identifier indicates that the first sensitive data is a token or a cryptogram generation key;
re-encrypting, by the secure application based on the first decrypted data type identifier, the first sensitive data using a key to generate re-encrypted first sensitive data; and
storing the re-encrypted first sensitive data outside the trusted execution environment,
wherein the first sensitive data is the first token, wherein the first decrypted data type identifier indicates that the first sensitive data is a token, wherein the key is a token-storage key, the method further comprising:
receiving, by the secure application from the mobile application, a second storage request to store second sensitive data, the second storage request including a second encrypted data type identifier and second encrypted sensitive data;
decrypting, by the secure application, the second encrypted data type identifier and the second encrypted sensitive data using the transport key;
determining, by the secure application, that the second decrypted data type identifier indicates the second sensitive data to store is a token;
re-encrypting, by the secure application, the second sensitive data using the token-storage key to generate a second re-encrypted token; and
storing the second re-encrypted token outside the trusted execution environment.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
receiving, by the secure application from the mobile application, a request to retrieve the first token, the request including the re-encrypted first sensitive data;
decrypting, by the secure application, the re-encrypted first sensitive data using the token-storage key; and
sending, by the secure application to the mobile application, the first token.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the first encrypted sensitive data is received by the mobile application from a server, and the first encrypted sensitive data is signed by the server, and wherein the method further comprises:
verifying, by the secure application, that the first encrypted sensitive data was signed by the server using a certificate associated with the server.

7. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
storing, by the secure application, a crypto library in the trusted execution environment, the crypto library including the transport key, a key-storage key, and the token-storage key.

8. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
selecting, by the secure application, the token storage key to use for the re-encrypting of the decrypted first sensitive data based on the first encrypted data type identifier indicating the first storage request is for a token.

9. The portable communication device of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
storing, by the secure application, a crypto library in the trusted execution environment, the crypto library including the transport key and the token-storage key.

10. The portable communication device of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
selecting, by the secure application, the token-storage key to use for the re-encrypting of the decrypted first sensitive data based on the first encrypted data type identifier indicating the first storage request is for a token.

11. The portable communication device of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
receiving, from an access device, transaction data for conducting a transaction;
decrypting the first sensitive data using the token-storage key; and
transmitting, to the access device, the first sensitive data for conducting the transaction.

12. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
receiving, by the secure application from an access device, t

Assignees

• Visa Int Service Ass

Inventors

• Smirnoff Sergey
• Bhattacharya Soumendra

Classifications

• H04L9/0897

  involving additional devices, e.g. trusted platform module [TPM], smartcard or USB · CPC title

• H04L63/062 Primary

  for key distribution, e.g. centrally by trusted party (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key distribution involving a central third party H04L9/0819) · CPC title

• H04L9/0822

  using key encryption key · CPC title

• H04L9/0861

  Generation of secret information including derivation or calculation of cryptographic keys or passwords · CPC title

• G06Q20/3823

  combining multiple encryption tools for a transaction · CPC title