METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SECURE POINT-TO-POINT COMMUNICATION
First Claim
1. A communication system for providing secure point-to-point communication comprisinga communication network,a first client device and a second client device configured to communicate with each other via said communication network,wherein each of the first and second client devices is adapted to run a selected communication application using a communication service provided by said communication network to communicate with each other,wherein the communication application which provides the highest communication service security level is selected from a group of communication applications using communication services with different communication service security levels and being available on the first and second client devices.
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Abstract
A communication system for providing secure point-to-point communication comprising a communication network, a first client device and a second client device configured to communicate with each other via said communication network, wherein each of the first and second client devices is adapted to run a selected communication application using a communication service provided by said communication network to communicate with each other, wherein the communication application which provides the highest communication service security level is selected from a group of communication applications using communication services with different communication service security levels and being available on the first and second client devices.
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1. A communication system for providing secure point-to-point communication comprising
a communication network, a first client device and a second client device configured to communicate with each other via said communication network, wherein each of the first and second client devices is adapted to run a selected communication application using a communication service provided by said communication network to communicate with each other, wherein the communication application which provides the highest communication service security level is selected from a group of communication applications using communication services with different communication service security levels and being available on the first and second client devices.
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8. A client device for providing secure point-to-point communication via a communication network,
said client device comprising an application execution unit adapted to run a selected communication application using a communication service provided by said communication network, wherein the communication application which provides the highest communication service security level is selected automatically from a group of available communication applications using communication services with different communication service security levels.
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11. A method for providing secure point-to-point communication between client devices comprising the steps of:
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selecting by a first client device a communication application which provides the highest communication service security level from a group of communication applications available on the first client device using communication services with different communication service security levels, and executing by the first client device the selected communication application to communicate with a second client device via a communication network using the communication service with the highest communication service security level.
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