Method and system for secured wireless data transmission to and from a remote device

• US 7,577,836 B2
• Filed: 01/16/2004
• Issued: 08/18/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Business Global LLC (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Humphries, Laymon Scott, Puranik, Gagan
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, MINH DIEU T
• Application Number:
  US10/758,199
• Publication Number:
  US 20050156708A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,041 Days
• Field of Search: 713/162, 713/170, 380/247, 380/270, 370/349, 455/419, 455/410, 726/3, 709/245
• US Class Current: 713/162
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/045 wherein the sending and receiving network entities apply hybrid encryption, i.e. combination of symmetric and asymmetric encryption cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements using a plurality of keys or algorithms H04L9/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/062 for key distribution, e.g. centrally by trusted party cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key distribution involving a central third party H04L9/0819

Abstract

The device tracking location adherence and route adherence technology, according to an exemplary embodiment of this invention, at least provides for secure message reception from a remote device. The present invention allows for secure data transmission between a remote device and while employing a small amount of bandwidth thereby providing a cost-effective data transmission system. This is especially advantageous where a fleet of remote devices is employed within a network.

Claims

1. A method for secure message reception from a plurality of remote devices, comprising:

receiving a message at a controller;

obtaining, by the controller, a reverse channel address associated with the received message;

determining, by the controller, whether the received message is associated with at least one of the remote devices;

forwarding the message and the reverse channel address to a routing server when the message is associated with the at least one of the remote devices;

determining, by the routing server, a destination address for the received message based on the reverse channel address, where determining the destination address further comprises;

determining whether the received message is associated with a remote device that is associated with a hosted crypto server or an enterprise crypto server,

routing the received message to the hosted crypto server when the received message is associated with the remote device that is associated with the hosted crypto server, and

routing the received message to the enterprise crypto server when the received message is associated with the remote device that is associated with the enterprise crypto server; and

routing the received message to the destination address.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a communications protocol employed to transmit the received message is a ReFLEX protocol.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the received message is associated with at least one of the remote devices further comprises:

reviewing header information in the received message.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein determining the destination address further comprises:

retrieving a remote device profile based upon the obtained reverse channel address.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein determining the destination address further comprises:

obtaining the destination address from a remote device.

6. An apparatus for secure message reception from a plurality of remote devices, comprising:

means for receiving a message at a controller;

means for obtaining, by the controller, a reverse channel address associated with the received message;

means for determining, by the controller, whether the received message is associated with at least one of the remote devices;

means for forwarding the message and the reverse channel address to a routing server when the message is associated with the at least one of the remote devices;

means for determining, by the routing server, a destination address for the received message based on the reverse channel address, where the means for determining the destination address comprises;

means for determining whether the received message is associated with a remote device that is associated with a hosted crypto server or an enterprise crypto server,

means for routing the received message to the hosted crypto server when the received message is associated with the remote device that is associated with the hosted crypto server, and

means for routing the received message to the enterprise crypto server when the received message is associated with the remote device that is associated with the enterprise crypto server; and

means for routing the received message to the destination address.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein a communications protocol employed to transmit the received message is a ReFLEX protocol.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the means for determining whether the received message is associated with at least one of the remote devices further comprises:

means for reviewing header information in the receiving message.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the means for determining the destination address further comprises:

means for retrieving a remote device profile based upon the obtained reverse channel address.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the means fordetermining the destination address further comprises:

means for obtaining the destination address from a remote device.