SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURE INTERNET CHANNELING AGENT

• US 20070271106A1
• Filed: 05/19/2006
• Published: 11/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: David Lee, John Park
• Original Assignee: David Lee, John Park
• Inventors: Lee, David, Park, John
• Application Number:
  US11/419,244
• Publication Number:
  US 20070271106A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload

Abstract

A system and method for establishing a Secure Internet Channeling Agent (SICHA), a third party trusted authorized channeling agent, making direct, secure, and fast Internet channeling between a user device and a media content server. In the preferred embodiment, the SICHA directly relays user'"'"'s channeling request to the media content server with user'"'"'s reserved channeling socket information for the fast channeling. At the same time, the SICHA generates and transmits one-time symmetric secure channel keys to both of the media content server and the user device to encrypt and decrypt media content stream. The encrypted media content stream is transmitted to the user device through a virtually dedicated UDP channel. Finally, the SICHA also relayed channel ending message when the user device request.

Claims

1. A system and method for establishing a secure Internet channeling agent having direct and secure Internet channeling between a user device and a media content server, said system and method comprising:

storing a reserved media content source address in the secure Internet channeling agent from one of the media content servers for an initial stage, wherein the reserved media content source address is assigned on files of the media content servers;

storing reserved channeling socket information to the secure Internet channeling agent from one of the user devices for an initial stage, wherein the reserved channeling socket information consists of a user IP and a virtually dedicated UDP port;

receiving a channeling request message from the user device at the secure Internet channeling agent, wherein the media content request message comprises a media content domain name to be translated to the reserved media content source address;

generating one-time symmetric channel encryption and decryption keys in the secure Internet channeling agent for both of the media content server and the user device;

relaying the channeling request message to the media content server, wherein the secure Internet channeling agent attaches the reserved channeling socket information and the one-time symmetric channel encryption key in the channeling request message;

sending the one-time symmetric channel decryption key from the secure Internet channeling agent to the user device, wherein the user device decrypts the encrypted media content stream from the media content server;

transmitting the requested media content stream in UDP packet format from the media content server to the user device, wherein the requested media content stream is sent to the reserved channeling socket of the user device; and

relaying the channel ending message from the user device to the media content server to cease transmitting the requested media content stream.

2. The system and method of claim 1, wherein the secure Internet channeling agent means for the trusted third party as an authorized channeling agent.

3. The system and method of claim 1, wherein the secure Internet channeling agent has three role consisting translation of domain names, relaying trusted channeling request, generation and distribution of one-time symmetric channel key for encryption and decryption.

4. The system and method of claim 1, wherein the secure Internet channeling agent consists of a user account database, a media content server database, and a channel key control database.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the user account database stores user account information and user'"'"'s reserved channeling socket information, and provides channeling plug-in program.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the media content server database provides a reserved media content source address and domain name translation function.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the channel key control database generates and distributes one-time symmetric channel encryption and decryption keys.

8. The system and method of claim 1, wherein the user device comprises a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a handheld device, and a mobile phone.

9. The system and method of claim 1, wherein the media content comprises picture, audio, video, and other media data.

10. The system and method of claim 1, wherein the group of media content comprises TV, radio, movie, and music.

11. The system and method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending from the secure Internet channeling agent to a user device a plug-in program to recognize a channeling request protocol; and

installing the plug-in program into the user device.

12. The plug-in program embodied on the user device of claim 11, further comprising:

entering a desired media domain name in the address text field of user interface; and

sending the desired media domain name to the secure Internet channeling agent.

13. The transmitting method to the reserved channeling socket of the user device of claim 1, wherein the requested media content stream is sent through a virtually dedicated UDP channel.

14. The method of relaying the channel ending message of claim 1, wherein the secure Internet channeling agent checks the channel ending message in every one minute.

15. The method of checking the channel ending message of claim 14, wherein the secure Internet channeling agent let the media content server stop sending UDP media content stream to the user'"'"'s socket.