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Granted Patent B2
US 12,348,496 · App. 17/295,000 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Process for declaring the non-usability of exchanged data

Inventors: Yann Gestraud (Chatillon, FR); Christophe Suart (Chatillon, FR)
Assignee: Orange
H04L63/04H04L63/10H04L65/1069H04L65/65H04L69/24H04W12/02
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Patent No.
US 12,348,496
App. No.
17/295,000
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of making secure a communication between a first and at least one second terminal is disclosed. Each terminal being configured to interact with a user via a corresponding human-machine interface, the method comprising selecting, on the first terminal, a usability index for signals in a stream; transmitting the stream from the first terminal to at least one node of a network; connecting a third-party device to the node according to the usability index; and receiving, on the at least one second terminal, the stream from the node.

Claims (29)

1. A method of making secure a communication between a first terminal and at least one second terminal, the method comprising:

selecting, on the first terminal, a usability index for signals in a stream;

transmitting the stream from the first terminal to at least one node of a network;

connecting a third-party device to the at least one node according to the usability index; and

receiving, on the at least one second terminal, the stream from the at least one node; and

wherein each of the first terminal and at least one second terminal is configured to interact with a user via a corresponding human-machine interface.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the connection comprises a denial of access by the third-party device to the signals if the usability index is a denial attribute.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the connection comprises an authorization for the third-party device to read the signals if the usability index is a processing attribute.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the connection comprises an authorization for the third-party device to post-process signals if the usability index is a post-processing attribute.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the usability index is comprised in a transmission initiation message, the message being sent by the first terminal after the selection and before the transmission.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the communication is implemented via a communication protocol selected among: an RCS protocol, an SDP protocol, an RTSP protocol, an MSRP protocol, and/or a SIP protocol.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the connection comprises a modification of the usability index by the first terminal.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one signal of the signals in the stream is a type of signal on which the usability index depends, and is selected among: a text signal, an audio signal, a visual signal, and/or an audiovisual signal.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the third-party device is at least a third terminal configured to interact with a corresponding user via a human-machine interface.

10. A communication system configured to make a communication secure between a first terminal and at least one second terminal, the system comprising:

the first terminal, comprising a selection module for selecting a usability index for signals in a stream and comprising a transmission module for transmitting the stream to at least one node of a network;

a connection module for connecting the at least one node to a third-party device according to the usability index; and

the at least one second terminal, comprising a reception module for receiving the stream from the at least one node; and

wherein each of the first terminal and at least one second terminal is configured to interact with a user via a corresponding human-machine interface.

11. The communication system according to claim 10 , wherein the connection module prohibits the third-party device from accessing the signals if the usability index is a denial attribute.

12. The communication system according to claim 10 , wherein the connection module allows the third-party device to read the signals if the usability index is a processing attribute.

13. The communication system according to claim 10 , wherein the connection module allows the third-party device to post-process the signals if the usability index is a post-processing attribute.

14. The communication system according to claim 10 , wherein the first terminal further comprises an initiation module, the initiation module being configured to send a transmission initiation message, the message comprising the usability index.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions of a computer program for implementing the method according to claim 1 when the computer program is executed by a processor.

16. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the human-machine interface of the second terminal being configured to present data comprised in the stream.

17. A method for requesting a communication between a first terminal and at least one second terminal to be made secure, the method comprising:

the first terminal selecting a usability index of signals of a communication stream to the at least one second terminal, the usability index of the signals comprising an attribute which expresses a rule which authorizes, limits or prohibits a use of the signals in the stream by a third-party device;

the first terminal sending the usability index of the signals in a message for initiating a transmission of the communication stream to a node of a communication network; and

the first terminal transmitting the signals of the communication stream to the at least one second terminal via the node of the communication network.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2021
From: GESTRAUD, YANN; SUART, CHRISTOPHE
To: ORANGE
Reel/Frame 057082/0853 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 1874000 · Dec 21, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220021658A1 · Jan 20, 2022
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