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Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 21, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Bernard Z. Kufluk, Whitchurch, GB;

Adrian R. Warman, Dorset, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/10 (2013.01); H04L 9/0872 (2013.01); H04L 9/321 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer sends a request to an authorization source to access a resource and includes its own location information. The computer receives a reply that includes the unencrypted location information of the computer and the resource encrypted such that a decryption key of the computer decrypts the encrypted resource. The entire reply is encrypted such that a decryption key of a third-party computer can decrypt the reply. The computer sends the encrypted reply to the third-party computer, and the reply is decrypted and returned to the computer if a distance between the computer and the third-party computer fulfills a proximity condition, as determined by the location of the computers.


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