US Patent Application 17852317. MUTUALLY AUTHENTICATED COMMUNICATION WITH REMOTE SIP DEVICE simplified abstract
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MUTUALLY AUTHENTICATED COMMUNICATION WITH REMOTE SIP DEVICE
Organization Name
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Inventor(s)
Alex John Hockey of London (GB)
Mark Lawrence Thebridge of London (GB)
MUTUALLY AUTHENTICATED COMMUNICATION WITH REMOTE SIP DEVICE - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17852317 titled 'MUTUALLY AUTHENTICATED COMMUNICATION WITH REMOTE SIP DEVICE
Simplified Explanation
- This patent application describes the use of a service mesh in a cluster of a communications network to enable mutual authentication between a SIP compliant application and a SIP device external to the cluster. - Mutual authentication is achieved by using a certificate of the application that matches a naming system name used for the application. - Once mutual authentication is successful, a secure communication session is established between the application and the external SIP device. - The method involves modifying SIP messages originating from the application to indicate the use of a secure communications protocol. - These modified SIP messages are then sent to the external SIP device over the established secure communication session.
Original Abstract Submitted
Using a service mesh in a cluster of a communications network to carry out mutual authentication between a session initiation protocol SIP compliant application in the cluster and a SIP device external to the cluster is described. The mutual authentication is accomplished using a certificate of the application that matches a naming system name used for the application. In response to the mutual authentication succeeding, a secure communication session is established between the application and the SIP device external to the cluster. The method comprises modifying SIP messages originating from the application to indicate that a secure communications protocol is in use. The modified SIP message are sent to the SIP device external to the cluster over the secure communication session.
