US Patent 10885198 Bootstrapping without transferring private key

A machine implemented method of communication between server and remote device, the method comprising: determining an availability and address of the remote device on a network for communication with the server; obtaining a public key attributed to the remote device; signing the public key attributed to the remote device with a private key of the server and so generating a digitally signed certificate to verify the ownership of the public key as the remote device; and transmitting the digitally signed certificate to the remote device.