OWNERSHIP OF PART-PHYSICAL, PART-VIRTUAL DEVICES

摘要

The present invention provides a method (102, 104; 302, 304), system (602-624) and device (402, 404; 502-510) for securing ownership for a two-part device with a physical unit and a virtual unit so that ownership of the two-part device is efficiently initiated, maintained, and transferred. The steps include initiating 102, by a user, an activation signal from the physical unit to the virtual unit to activate an ownership procedure and employing 104 a double safety mechanism to activate ownership services via the virtual unit for the physical unit.