IP Library Granted Patent US 11,956,384
Granted Patent B2
US 11,956,384 · App. 18/134,766 · Granted Apr 9, 2024

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 11,956,384
App. No.
18/134,766
Granted
Apr 9, 2024
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 method, comprising:

receiving a communication;

determining, based at least in part on a property associated with the communication, whether the communication is associated with a particular originating domain;

when it is determined that the communication is associated with the particular originating domain, associating a tag with the communication, the tag indicating a particular attestation level for the communication;

routing, based at least in part on the tag, the communication to a signing server or to a routing engine; and

when the communication is routed to the signing server, providing an attestation of the communication at the particular attestation level.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the signing server comprises multiple inbound ports.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein each port of the multiple ports is associated with a different attestation level.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the property comprises a telephone number associated with the communication.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the property comprises the particular originating domain associated with the communication.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing the communication and the particular attestation level to a destination network.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the attestation and the communication are routed to an egress server by the signing server.

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

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 Apr 23, 2023
From: MOORE, RICHARD D.; ROY, JOSEPH; SCIVICQUE, JOSEPH; HESS, MATTHEW C.; MCFALLS, GEORGE WENDELL
To: LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 063409/0497 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17946467 · Sep 16, 2022
Continuation 17239154 · Apr 23, 2021
Provisional Application 63140152 · Jan 21, 2021
Provisional Application 63015193 · Apr 24, 2020
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