Secure call endpoint pairing
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorShantanu Sarkar
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Abstract
A method for secure call endpoint pairing is disclosed. The method includes starting, at a call endpoint, a pairing procedure with a wireless headset. Also, the method includes receiving a headset identifier from the wireless headset. Further, the method includes sending the headset identifier in a request to a headset registry server, and receiving, from the headset registry server, a response to the request. Additionally, the method includes terminating the pairing procedure based on the response from the headset registry server.
Claims18
A method for secure call endpoint pairing, comprising:
- starting, at a call endpoint, a pairing procedure with a wireless headset,
- wherein the pairing procedure is started in response to the wireless headset being electromechanically coupled with the call endpoint;
- receiving, from the wireless headset, a headset identifier, the headset identifier uniquely identifying the wireless headset from among a plurality of wireless headsets;
- sending the headset identifier in a request to a headset registry server;
- receiving, from the headset registry server, a response to the request, the response depending on whether the wireless headset is approved at the call endpoint, wherein whether the headset is approved is based on the headset identifier;
- and
- terminating the pairing procedure based on the response from the headset registry server.
A method for secure call endpoint pairing, comprising:
- receiving, by a headset registry server, from a call endpoint, a request in response to a wireless headset being electromechanically coupled with the call endpoint, the request including a headset identifier of the wireless headset and a call endpoint identifier of the call endpoint, wherein the headset identifier uniquely identifies the wireless headset from among a plurality of wireless headsets;
- in response to receiving the request, performing, by the headset registry server, a lookup for a previously defined association between the headset identifier and the call endpoint identifier;
- based on a result of the lookup, determining, by the headset registry server, whether the wireless headset is approved to communicate with the call endpoint;
- generating, by the headset registry server, a response based on the determination;
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- sending the response to the call endpoint.
A call endpoint, comprising:
- a wireless transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate with a wireless headset;
- an electromechanical interface configured to receive the wireless headset;
- a network interface configured to communicate with a headset registry server;
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- a processor configured to:
- detect an electromechanical coupling of the wireless headset with the electromechanical interface,
- start, in response to detecting the electromechanical coupling, a pairing procedure with the wireless headset,
- receive, from the wireless headset and using the wireless transceiver, a headset identifier, the headset identifier uniquely identifying the wireless headset from among a plurality of wireless headsets,
- send the headset identifier, using the network interface, in a request to the headset registry server,
- receive, from the headset registry server and using the network interface, a response to the request, the response depending on whether the wireless headset is approved at the call endpoint, wherein whether the headset is approved is based on the headset identifier, and
- terminate the pairing procedure based on the response from the headset registry server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.