Security object with encrypted, spread spectrum data communications

• US 20040141616A1
• Filed: 01/17/2003
• Published: 07/22/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Rodriguez, Herman, Smith, Newton James Jr., Himmel, Benjamin Andrew, Himmel, Maria Azua
• Application Number:
  US10/347,774
• Publication Number:
  US 20040141616A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 380/270
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0442 wherein the sending and receiving network entities apply asymmetric encryption, i.e. different keys for encryption and decryption cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for public-key encryption H04L9/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/105 Multiple levels of security
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227

Abstract

Controlling access to a resource, including creating a security object in dependence upon user-selected security control data types, the security object comprising security control data and at least one security method; receiving a request for access to the resource; receiving, over a randomly selected sequence of radio frequencies, security request data in at least one packet; and providing access to the resource in dependence upon the security control data and the security request data. Embodiments include encrypting the security request data; receiving a packet through a radio transceiver set to a frequency, wherein a radio frequency identification field in the packet identifies a next frequency; and setting the transceiver to receive on the next frequency. In many embodiments, a resource comprises information, and providing access to the resource includes transmitting information from the resource over a randomly selected sequence of radio frequencies.

Claims

1. A method of controlling access to a resource, the method comprising:

creating a security object in dependence upon user-selected security control data types, the security object comprising security control data and at least one security method;

receiving a request for access to the resource;

receiving, over a randomly selected sequence of radio frequencies, security request data in at least one packet; and

providing access to the resource in dependence upon the security control data and the security request data.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein creating a security object further comprises storing in the security object user-selected radio communications parameters.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the security request data is encrypted.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving security request data further comprises:

receiving a packet through a radio transceiver set to a frequency, wherein a radio frequency identification field in the packet identifies a next frequency; and

setting the transceiver to receive on the next frequency.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the resource comprises information, and providing access to the resource includes transmitting information from the resource over a randomly selected sequence of radio frequencies.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising encrypting the information from the resource.

7. The method of claim 5 wherein transmitting the information further comprises synchronizing radio communications between two transceivers, including:

transmitting synchronization packets at various frequencies; and

waiting for a response.

8. The method of claim 5 wherein transmitting the information further comprises:

packetizing the information into packets having a message identification field, a packet identification field, and a radio frequency identification field, the radio frequency identification field identifying a randomly selected radio frequency; and

transmitting the packets in a sequence comprising a first packet and subsequent packets, including;

transmitting the first packet on a radio frequency identified in a radio frequency identification field in a synchronization packet, and

transmitting each subsequent packet on the radio frequency identified in the previous packet'"'"'s radio frequency identification field.

9. A system for controlling access to a resource, the system comprising:

means for creating a security object in dependence upon user-selected security control data types, the security object comprising security control data and at least one security method;

means for receiving a request for access to the resource;

means for receiving, over a randomly selected sequence of radio frequencies, security request data in at least one packet; and

means for providing access to the resource in dependence upon the security control data and the security request data.

10. The system method of claim 9 wherein means for creating a security object further comprises means for storing in the security object user-selected radio communications parameters.

11. The system of claim 9 wherein the security request data is encrypted.

12. The system of claim 9 wherein means for receiving security request data further comprises:

means for receiving a packet through a radio transceiver set to a frequency, wherein a radio frequency identification field in the packet identifies a next frequency; and

means for setting the transceiver to receive on the next frequency.

13. The system of claim 9 wherein the resource comprises information, and means for providing access to the resource includes means for transmitting information from the resource over a randomly selected sequence of radio frequencies.

14. The system of claim 13 further comprising means for encrypting the information from the resource.

15. The system of claim 13 wherein means for transmitting the information further comprises means for synchronizing radio communications between two transceivers, including:

means for transmitting synchronization packets at various frequencies; and

means for waiting for a response.

16. The system of claim 13 wherein means for transmitting the information further comprises:

means for packetizing the information into packets having a message identification field, a packet identification field, and a radio frequency identification field, the radio frequency identification field identifying a randomly selected radio frequency; and

means for transmitting the packets in a sequence comprising a first packet and subsequent packets, including;

means for transmitting the first packet on a radio frequency identified in a radio frequency identification field in a synchronization packet, and

means for transmitting each subsequent packet on the radio frequency identified in the previous packet'"'"'s radio frequency identification field.

17. A computer program product for controlling access to a resource, the computer program product comprising:

a recording medium;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for creating a security object in dependence upon user-selected security control data types, the security object comprising security control data and at least one security method;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving a request for access to the resource;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving, over a randomly selected sequence of radio frequencies, security request data in at least one packet; and

means, recorded on the recording medium, for providing access to the resource in dependence upon the security control data and the security request data.

18. The computer program product method of claim 17 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for creating a security object further comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for storing in the security object user-selected radio communications parameters.

19. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein the security request data is encrypted.

20. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving security request data further comprises:

means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving a packet through a radio transceiver set to a frequency, wherein a radio frequency identification field in the packet identifies a next frequency; and

means, recorded on the recording medium, for setting the transceiver to receive on the next frequency.

21. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein the resource comprises information, and means, recorded on the recording medium, for providing access to the resource includes means, recorded on the recording medium, for transmitting information from the resource over a randomly selected sequence of radio frequencies.

22. The computer program product of claim 21 further comprising means, recorded on the recording medium, for encrypting the information from the resource.

23. The computer program product of claim 21 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for transmitting the information further comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for synchronizing radio communications between two transceivers, including:

means, recorded on the recording medium, for transmitting synchronization packets at various frequencies; and

means, recorded on the recording medium, for waiting for a response.

24. The computer program product of claim 21 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for transmitting the information further comprises:

means, recorded on the recording medium, for packetizing the information into packets having a message identification field, a packet identification field, and a radio frequency identification field, the radio frequency identification field identifying a randomly selected radio frequency; and

means, recorded on the recording medium, for transmitting the packets in a sequence comprising a first packet and subsequent packets, including;

means, recorded on the recording medium, for transmitting the first packet on a radio frequency identified in a radio frequency identification field in a synchronization packet, and

means, recorded on the recording medium, for transmitting each subsequent packet on the radio frequency identified in the previous packet'"'"'s radio frequency identification field.