TRUSTED ENVIRONMENT FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PARTIES

• US 20100111276A1
• Filed: 10/30/2008
• Published: 05/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Hartley, John Bryan, Muscat, David, Lei, Io Tong
• Granted Patent: US 8,416,933 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/142.50
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/126 the source of the received data
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/06 Recording class or number of calling , i.e. A-party or called party , i.e. B-party

Abstract

A method of establishing communication including providing a communication by a sending party to a receiving party, and verifying the sending party'"'"'s identity by a trusted instrumentality. The trusted instrumentality can be at least the sending party communication controller and is usually both the sending and receiving parties'"'"' communication controllers. The communication controllers should be certified and preferably be certified by a mutually trusted communication controller certification authority. Also disclosed is a system for establishing communication.

Claims

1. A method of establishing communication, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a communication by a sending party to a receiving party; and

verifying the sending party'"'"'s identity by a trusted instrumentality.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the trusted instrumentality is a certified sending party communication controller and a certified receiving party communication controller.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein at least the certified sending party communication controller has been certified by a mutually trusted communication controller certification authority.

4. A method of establishing communication comprising:

receiving a communication by a receiving party from a sending party;

verifying the sending party'"'"'s identity by a trusted instrumentality; and

handling the communication by the receiving party.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the trusted instrumentality is a certified receiving party communication controller in contact with a certified sending party communication controller.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein at least the sending party communication controller has been certified by a mutually trusted communication controller certification authority.

7. A method of establishing communication, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a public address by each of a sending party and a receiving party to a public directory;

requesting a communications session between the sending and receiving parties using the parties'"'"' respective public addresses;

verifying the sending party'"'"'s identity by a trusted instrumentality; and

handling the communication by the receiving party.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the trusted instrumentality is a certified sending party communication controller and a certified receiving party communication controller.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein at least the sending party communication controller has been certified by a mutually trusted communication controller certification authority.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein the step of requesting a communications session comprises contacting the receiving party through the sending party communication controller.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the step of contacting the receiving party comprises looking up the receiving party'"'"'s public address, contacting the receiving party communication controller and providing the public address of the sending party to the receiving party communication controller.

12. The method of claim 7 wherein the step of verifying comprises checking to see if the sending party communication controller is certified by a mutually trusted communication controller certification authority.

13. The method of claim 7 wherein the step of handling comprises indicating that the identity of the sending party has been validated by the receiving party communication controller and performing an action according to rules predetermined by the receiving party.

14. A computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method of establishing communication, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving a communication by a receiving party from a sending party;

verifying the sending party'"'"'s identity by a trusted instrumentality; and

handling the communication by the receiving party.

15. The computer readable storage medium of claim 14 wherein the trusted instrumentality is a certified receiving party communication controller in contact with a certified sending party communication controller.

16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15 wherein at least the sending party communication controller has been certified by a mutually trusted communication controller certification authority.

17. The computer readable storage medium of claim 14 wherein the step of verifying comprises checking to see if the sending party communication controller is certified by a mutually trusted communication controller certification authority.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 14 wherein the step of handling comprises indicating that the identity of the sending party has been validated by the receiving party communication controller and performing an action according to rules predetermined by the receiving party.

19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 14 wherein the sending party communication controller and receiving party communication controller have been certified by a mutually trusted communication controller certification authority.

20. The computer readable storage medium of claim 19 further comprising the step of sending a trusted response by the receiving party communication controller to the sending party communication controller.

21. A system for establishing communication comprising:

a first communication controller for communicating by a first party;

a second communication controller for communicating by a second party;

a network connecting the first communication controller and the second communication controller; and

a trusted instrumentality for verifying the identity of the first party sending a communication to the second party.

22. The system of claim 21 wherein the trusted instrumentality is certification of the first communication controller and second communication controller by a mutually trusted communication controller certification authority.

23. The system of claim 21 further comprising a first user device connected to the first communication controller and a second user device connected to the second communication controller, the first and second user devices forming a part of the network.

24. The system of claim 23 wherein the first user device has been authenticated to the first communication controller and to the network and the second user device has been authenticated to the second communication controller and to the network.