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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2010
Applicants:
Thomas S. Messerges, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Adam C. Lewis, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Inventors:
Thomas S. Messerges, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Adam C. Lewis, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola Solutions, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for modifying the Multimedia Internet KEYing (MIKEY) protocol to support an extended key-management message (KMM), wherein the apparatus programs a computer to perform the method, which includes: determining that a KMM is directed to a target device; determining that the KMM is an extended KMM related to a key-management operation that is not supported by the standard MIKEY protocol; signaling the extended KMM in at least one field of a MIKEY message; and sending the MIKEY message to the target device.