SECURE CONFERENCING OVER IP-BASED NETWORKS
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1. A method of secure conferencing, comprising:
- validating at least one user based on a validation coupon provided by user equipment associated with the at least one user; and
transmitting an authorization associated with the at least one user based on the validation, wherein the transmitted authorization is associated with download of a media client.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for secure conferencing over an IMS network or other networks include sending request by at least one user to access to an application server. The user is validated using a validation coupon provided by the user equipment followed by identifying and allowing the user equipment to download a valid media client. Conference data is encrypted and transmitted to the user equipment, and processed by the media client. Typically, the encrypted conference data is decrypted by the media client and communicated to a user interface presentation to the user. In some examples, the conference data is validated prior to downloading to the user equipment.
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1. A method of secure conferencing, comprising:
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validating at least one user based on a validation coupon provided by user equipment associated with the at least one user; and transmitting an authorization associated with the at least one user based on the validation, wherein the transmitted authorization is associated with download of a media client. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A user station, comprising:
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a memory configured to store an equipment identifier associated with the user station; and a transceiver configured to transmit a request for services that includes a validation coupon, wherein the validation coupon comprises the equipment identifier. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An application server, comprising:
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a validation module configured to receive a validation coupon and determine if a user is authorized to access services provided by the application server; and a download module configured to communicate a media client to a user, wherein the download module configures the media client to process media data based on at least a portion of the validation coupon. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An application server configured to provide conference data, the application server comprising:
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a conference control module configured to distribute conference data; a media client download module configured to authorize a plurality of user stations to download a valid media client upon successful validation of a validation coupon; and a water mark module configured to encrypt the conference data using the validation coupon and communicate the encrypted data to the plurality of user stations. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein for the method comprising:
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validating a plurality of users for access to an application server based on validation coupons provided by a corresponding plurality of user stations; enabling the plurality of user stations to download a valid media client from the application server after successful validation, wherein the valid media client for each user station is configured to decrypt conference data based on the validation coupon associated with the user station; encrypting the conference data for each of the user stations using the validation coupons provided by the plurality of user stations; downloading the encrypted conference data to the plurality of user stations; and decrypting the conference data and coupling the decrypted conference to a user interface at each of the plurality of user stations. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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