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Communication management system

US7058802B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateNov 22, 2000
Grant dateJun 6, 2006
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Expiry dateMay 16, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/64792
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communication session management method for providing a transmission service having a plurality of service-levels, each service-level being associated with a separate quality-of-service (QOS), the method including preparing data for transmission at one of the plurality of service-levels by uniquely associating a service-level encryption key with the one of the plurality of service-levels, encrypting the data with the service-level encryption key to form encrypted data uniquely associated with the one of the plurality of service-levels, and transmitting the encrypted data uniquely associated with the one of the plurality of service-levels to users entitled to the one of the plurality of service-levels.

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