IP Library Granted Patent US 11,632,461
Granted Patent B2
US 11,632,461 · App. 17/946,467 · Granted Apr 18, 2023

Intelligent attestation of traffic using a routing engine

Inventors: Richard D. Moore (Frederick, CO); Joseph Roy (Swartz Creek, MI); Joseph Scivicque (Lafayette, LA); Matthew C. Hess (Broomfield, CO); George Wendell McFalls (Colorado Springs, CO)
Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
H04M3/436H04L63/1466H04M3/42042
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Patent No.
US 11,632,461
App. No.
17/946,467
Granted
Apr 18, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application describes providing an attestation level to a received communication. The attestation level may be used to communicate a level of security to a network or a called party that receives the communication. The attestation level associated with the communication may indicate to a destination network and/or recipient that the phone number associated with the communication is secure and/or the telephone number has not been spoofed.

Claims (13)

1. A system, comprising:

a first routing engine for associating a tag with a received communication comprising a property, the communication being associated with a particular originating domain and the tag indicating an attestation level for which the communication is eligible based on the property and the particular originating domain;

a second routing engine that modifies a routing of the communication based, at least in part on the tag; and

a signing server that provides attestation at the attestation level for the communication.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second routing engine routes the communication to the signing server when the communication is eligible for a first attestation level and routes the communication to an egress server when the communication is eligible for a second attestation level.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the signing server comprises multiple ports.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the multiple ports are associated with different attestation levels.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the attestation and the communication are routed by the signing server to the second routing engine, and the second routing engine routes the communication with the attestation to a destination network.

6. A method, comprising:

receiving a communication;

determining, based at least in part on a property associated with the communication, a virtual trunk to be associated with the communication, the virtual trunk being associated with a particular attestation level;

associating a tag with the communication, the tag indicating the particular attestation level for the communication; and

providing an attestation of the communication at the particular attestation level.

Assignments (3)
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (SECOND LIEN) Recorded Nov 4, 2024
From: LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC; GLOBAL CROSSING TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 069295/0749 →
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (FIRST LIEN) Recorded Nov 4, 2024
From: LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC; GLOBAL CROSSING TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 069295/0858 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2022
From: MOORE, RICHARD D.; ROY, JOSEPH; SCIVICQUE, JOSEPH; HESS, MATTHEW C.; MCFALLS, GEORGE WENDELL
To: LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 061127/0881 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17239154 · Apr 23, 2021
Provisional Application 63140152 · Jan 21, 2021
Provisional Application 63015193 · Apr 24, 2020
Related Publication 20230016508A1 · Jan 19, 2023