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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2004
Applicants:
Franck Le, Irving, TX (US);
Zhigang Liu, Coppell, TX (US);
Stefano Faccin, Dallas, TX (US);
Khiem Le, Coppell, TX (US);
Inventors:
Franck Le, Irving, TX (US);
Zhigang Liu, Coppell, TX (US);
Stefano Faccin, Dallas, TX (US);
Khiem Le, Coppell, TX (US);
Assignee:
Nokia Siemens Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to the invention, information in clear text is added to a data packet transmitted from a sender to a receiver with end-to-end security in an IP network, which information indicate encrypted data fields in payload data of the packet and/or instruct an intermediate node located on a path between the sender and the receiver how to process the packet, wherein the part of the packet in which the information is provided is different from payload data.