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Versatile secure and non-secure messaging

  • US 8,028,166 B2
  • Filed: 04/25/2006
  • Issued: 09/27/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A first device comprising:

  • a plurality of credentials;

    a plurality of authorities, each authority associating at least one of a plurality of protocol operations with at least one of the plurality of credentials; and

    a messaging system adapted to receive from a second device a method call for executing a method on the first device, wherein the method call comprises a parameter having a value that identifies at least one of the plurality of authorities, wherein the value is selected from a set of values, each identifying a respective one of the plurality of authorities, and wherein the messaging system responsively implements a security protocol for further messages between the first and second devices in response to each method call in accordance with the authority identified by the method call.

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