Patent · US Expired

Voice security between a composite channel telephone communications link and a telephone

US6256491A · kind A · utility

3Cited by
17References
24Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 31, 1997
Grant dateJul 3, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 31, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W12/033
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method for security of individual communications over a composite communications channel such as T1 or E1. The composite channel is digitized. Individual channels are separated, but identifying information of each channel is retained. A level of security can be chosen for each channel by digitally processing the selected call with a selected level of scrambling or encryption prior to passing the call to an end-user.

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