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US 2017/0302636 A1Published application
Secure end-to-end transport through intermediary nodes
AssigneeSeven Networks, LLC
InventorsLee R. Boynton, Trevor A. Fiatal, Scott M. Burke, Mark Sikes
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Abstract
A communication network encrypts a first portion of a transaction associated with point-to-point communications using a point-to-point encryption key. A second portion of the transaction associated with end-to-end communications is encrypted using an end-to-end encryption key.
Claims10
A method for independently encrypting channels of data in a transaction, comprising:
- encryption of a first data channel in the transaction using a first security association;
- encryption of a second data channel in the transaction using a second security association;
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- encryption of an arbitrary number of additional data channels contained within the transaction using a unique security association for each channel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.