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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Inventors:
Lodema M. Steinbach, Clayton, CA (US);
Sethumadhav Bendi, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 4/14 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/123 (2013.01); H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04W 4/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device may receive an encrypted short message service (SMS) message en route from an originating device to a recipient device, the encrypted SMS message to be encrypted by the originating device using a key. The device may identify a flag associated with the encrypted SMS message. The device may determine, based on the flag, that the SMS message is encrypted. The device may provide the encrypted SMS message to the recipient device.