Systems and methods for secure management of presence information for communication services

US8646049B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Toposis Corporation

Inventors

• Thomas Anton Goeller · Munich, DE
• Tet Hin Yeap · Ottawa, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 30, 2009
• Grant date: Feb 4, 2014
• Expiry date: Nov 6, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L63/0807
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for managing user information comprising presence information, wherein authentication of requesting parties is based on public-private key pair encryption and key Domain Name Service (kDNS) infrastructure. Thus, a response to a request for presence information may be dependent on the authentication status of the requesting party. Presence information stored on a presence server or other network element may be stored or updated upon receiving a request from a user which includes the requestors identify, and is signed with the private key of the requestor. After authentication of a user having a registered unique identifier and an associated public key, presence information may be stored or updated, in either encrypted or unencrypted form. Presence information is preferably stored with user specified policy information for managing access to the presence information by other users, e.g. what information may be shared with anonymous or unauthenticated other users, or with other specific authorized users, or authorized user groups. Advantageously, all communications between communication parties and network elements of the system are encrypted. A scalab…