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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2010
Ricardo J. Rodriguez, Palmetto, FL (US);
Mark Volpe, Largo, FL (US);
Ricardo J. Rodriguez, Palmetto, FL (US);
Mark Volpe, Largo, FL (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
In certain embodiments, a method includes receiving a communication session request from a requesting node. The communication session request is received via a network facilitating communication among a number of nodes. A number of trust level values associated with the requesting node are accessed. Each of the number of trust level values is received from one of the number of nodes. The method further includes determining, based on a voting technique and the accessed trust level values associated with the requesting node, a validated trust level associated with the requesting node. The method further includes determining, based on the validated trust level associated with the requesting node, whether to allow the communication session request received from the requesting node.