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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2015
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Stephen T. Dispensa, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Hervey Wilson, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The communication of a network message from a first network node in a particular location to a second network node in a manner that the second network node determines that the network message was processed the network message in the particular location. For instance, the particular location might be a geographic location or a network topographical location. The proof of location is accomplished by using a signed proof of location included by the first network node within the network message. The network message is then received by the second network entity. The second network entity then uses the signed proof of location data structure as input to a process that determines that the network message was processed at least based on the signed proof of location data structure.