System and method for processing data and communicating encrypted data
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsBrian A. Gonsalves, Kenneth Roger Jones, Zesen Chen
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Abstract
Systems and methods for processing data and communicating encrypted data are provided. A method of processing data and communicating encrypted data may include receiving input traffic data at a first interface of a channel service unit/data service unit (CSU/DSU). The method may also include determining management data associated with the input traffic data. The method may also include encrypting the management data at the CSU/DSU to produce encrypted management data. The method may further include sending the encrypted management data via a second interface of the CSU/DSU to a remote terminal of a local area network for viewing by user via a data router coupled to the CSU/DSU.
Claims18
A system, comprising:
- a channel service unit/data service unit (CSU/DSU) having a first data interface to communicate via a telephony type network, and a second data interface to communicate via a local area network, wherein the CSU/DSU produces management data related to communications received via at least one of the first data interface and the second data interface, and wherein the CSU/DSU encrypts the management data, encrypts the communications received via at least one of the first data interface and the second data interface, and sends the encrypted management data and the encrypted communications to a data router to be communicated to a remote terminal of the local area network;
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- a data router coupled to the CSU/DSU to receive and route the encrypted management data and the encrypted communications to the remote terminal, wherein the data router is separate from and external to the CSU/DSU and wherein the data router does not have encryption capability.
A method of processing data and of communicating encrypted data, the method comprising:
- receiving input traffic data at a first interface of a channel service unit/data service unit (CSU/DSU);
- producing management data associated with the input traffic data;
- encrypting the management data at the CSU/DSU to produce encrypted management data;
- encrypting the input traffic data at the CSU/DSU to produce encrypted input traffic data;
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- sending the encrypted management data and the encrypted input traffic data via a second interface of the CSU/DSU to a remote terminal of a local area network for viewing by a user via a data router coupled to the CSU/DSU, wherein the data router is separate from and external to the CSU/DSU and wherein the data router does not have encryption capability.
A channel service unit/data service unit (CSU/DSU), comprising:
- a first data interface to receive traffic data via a first data network;
- a data processor responsive to the first data interface to produce management data related to the traffic data;
- an encryption module to encrypt the traffic data and the management data to produce encrypted data;
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- a second data interface to send the encrypted data to a remote device of a local area network for display to a user via a data router coupled to the CSU/DSU, wherein the data router is separate from and external to the CSU/DSU and wherein the data router does not have encryption capability.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.