Asymmetric permissions in a communications system
US10841254B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 17, 2019 |
| Grant date | Nov 17, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 17, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/08
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A communication system comprising a server and a plurality of clients constrained so that in order to communicate with each other by means of the system they must communicate via the server, the server having access to a set of stored communication rules defining permitted and/or non-permitted communications between the clients and the server being configured to, on receiving a message from a first client designating as recipients a second client and a third client, the first client matching a first set of characteristics stored in the communication rules and the second client and the third client being clients who are not permitted to directly communicate according to the communication rules, alter the communication rules to permit the second and third clients to directly communicate.
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