Sprint Communications Comapny L.p.

Ivan Sheon Fenwick

Lyle W Paczkowski

Dominick Mangiardi

Jonathan E Schaff

Mike L McRoberts

Jared Ames Olson

Thomas M Renner

A communication network processes intermediate security data from intermediate access nodes on a communication path between a network access node and an end-point device to determine if the intermediate access nodes are authorized. If the intermediate access nodes are authorized, then the network processes end-point security data from the end-point device to determine if the end-point device is authorized. If the end-point device is authorized, then the network processes end-point tethering data from the end-point device to determine if any tethered communication devices are coupled to the end-point device. If the end-point device is not coupled to any tethered communication devices, then the network authorizes a data transfer session for the end-point device over the communication path. If the end-point device is coupled to a tethered communication device, then the network denies authorization for the data transfer session over the communication path for the end-point device.

Secure communication paths in data networks with tethered devices

In a communication network, a call processing system receives signaling for a call indicating a called number. The system processes the called number to determine a single-network identifier associated with the called number. The system processes the single-network identifier to determine if the single-network identifier identifies an affiliated network that is affiliated with the communication network. If the single-network identifier identifies the affiliated network, then the system selects a double-network identifier indicating both the communication network and the affiliated network. The system transfers response signaling that includes the double-network identifier.

Call routing through an access node shared by multiple networks by using a double-network identifier

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Kansas City, MO, United States of America

Ivan Sheon Fenwick