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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2005
Alex Sherstinsky, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joseph Petviashvili, Foster City, CA (US);
Eugene Mandel, Oakland, CA (US);
Jonathan Christensen, San Ramon, CA (US);
Alex Sherstinsky, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joseph Petviashvili, Foster City, CA (US);
Eugene Mandel, Oakland, CA (US);
Jonathan Christensen, San Ramon, CA (US);
Face Time Communications, Inc., Belmont, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for enabling secure communications between IM modules are provided. An IM is received from a first IM client for a second IM client at a first IM module. It is determined if the second IM client can receive IMs through a second IM module that is capable of receiving secure communications from the first IM module. If the second IM module is capable of receiving secure communications from the first IM module, an encrypted IM is sent from the first IM module to the second IM client. The encrypted IM is received at the second IM module, which decrypts the IM and sends the decrypted IM to the second IM client.