Sharing of authenticated data

• US 20060161967A1
• Filed: 12/15/2005
• Published: 07/20/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: RPX Clearinghouse LLC (RPX Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited (Nortel Networks Corporation)
• Inventors: Winterbottom, James, Thomson, Martin, Dawson, Martin
• Application Number:
  US11/304,071
• Publication Number:
  US 20060161967A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/2
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/126 the source of the received data

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for sharing of authenticated data includes sharing of location information data from a certified source. The method of sending authenticated data from a sender to a third party comprises the steps of: determining data associated with a communication session initiated by a user, the data being unauthenticated; sending the unauthenticated data to an intermediary to give rise to authenticated data, the intermediary having an authentication arrangement with the third party and a relationship with the sender; receiving the authenticated data from the intermediary in dependence on the relationship; and sending the authenticated data to the third party.

Claims

1. A method of sending authenticated data from a sender to a third party comprising the steps of:

determining data associated with a communication session initiated by a user, the data being unauthenticated;

sending the unauthenticated data to an intermediary to give rise to authenticated data, the intermediary having an authentication arrangement with the third party and a relationship with the sender;

receiving the authenticated data from the intermediary in dependence on the relationship; and

sending the authenticated data to the third party.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the intermediary is an access provider.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the sender is an entity operating a server for determining location information.

4. A method of authenticating data by a first party comprising the steps of:

receiving data associated with a communication session initiated by a user from a second party, the data being unauthenticated;

authenticating the data according to an authentication arrangement with a third party in dependence on a relationship between the first and the second parties; and

sending the authenticated data to the second party for forwarding to the third party.

5. A method according to claim 4, further comprising the step of:

determining if the unauthenticated data meets predetermined criteria; and

only authenticating the data if the determination is positive.

6. A method according to claim 4, wherein the second party is an entity operating a server for determining location information.

7. A method according to claim 4, wherein the data associated with the communication session is location data.

8. A method according to claim 7, wherein the third party is an emergency network.

9. An entity comprising:

means for determining data associated with a communication session initiated by a user, the data being unauthenticated;

means for sending the unauthenticated data to an intermediary to give rise to authenticated data, the intermediary having an authentication arrangement with the third party and a relationship with the sender;

means for receiving the authenticated data from the intermediary in dependence on the relationship; and

means for sending the authenticated data to the third party.

10. An entity according to claim 9, further comprising means for determining location information.

12. An entity according to claim 9, wherein the data associated with the communication session is location data.

13. An entity according to claim 12, wherein the third party is an emergency network.

11. An entity comprising:

means for receiving data associated with a communication session initiated by a user from a second party, the data being unauthenticated;

means for authenticating the data according to an authentication arrangement with a third party in dependence on a relationship between the first and the second parties; and

means for sending the authenticated data to the second party for forwarding to the third party.