Systems and methods for secure communication over a network using a linking address

Abstract

Systems and methods for secure communication over a network using a linking address. Systems for secure communication may include a computer system in electronic communication over a network with a plurality of electronic devices, a database in electronic communication with the computer system, the database configured to electronically store at least a linking address and an associated payload of a data packet, an engine stored on and executed by the computer system, the engine electronically receiving a data packet over the network from a first electronic device, processing the data packet to identify a linking address and a payload, the linking address being at least 32 bit, storing the linking address and payload in the database, electronically receiving a query from a second electronic device, the second electronic device identifying the linking address, and electronically transmitting the data packet over the network to the second electronic device.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 997,422 filed Jun. 2, 2014 and U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 997,450 filed Jun. 2, 2014, which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety and made a part hereof.FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE[0002]The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for secure communication over a network using a linking address. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a system and method for secure transmission and storage over a network using one of many linking addresses.RELATED ART[0003]There are a growing number of electronic devices in communication over the Internet, which together comprise the Internet of Things (IoT). A difficulty of having so many devices in communication over the Internet is providing an efficient, effective, reliable, and scalable way to directly connect all of these devices with one a...

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Benefits of technology

The patent is about a system and method for secure communication over a network using a linking address. The system receives a data packet from a first electronic device and identifies a linking address and a payload. The linking address is sent to a database, and when a second electronic device identifies the linking address, the data packet is transmitted over the network to the second electronic device. The system is designed to be scalable and reliable, using minimal computer and financial resources.

Problems solved by technology

A difficulty of having so many devices in communication over the Internet is providing an efficient, effective, reliable, and scalable way to directly connect all of these devices with one another.

Communication via NAT does not directly expose the communicating device to the external network environment, which can be problematic when such devices are trying to communicate directly (e.g., when the devices are not connected to servers that have their Internet address exposed).

The Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE) protocol (e.g., with Session Traversal Utilities for NAT (STUN)) can be used to assist the direct connection of devices, but this approach does not work in every case (e.g., in 10% of cases).

These approaches can result in service fragmentation, as each group of devices (e.g., grouped by vendor, provider, ownership, etc.) has its own connectivity provider due to the required trust relationship.

Another disadvantage of these approaches is an increased cost of servicing, as there are substantial resources required on the server side (e.g., processing power, memory, etc.) because reliable connections are stateful.

However, requiring every system to have its own log storage mechanism can be problematic when log generators and consumers are owned by various parties, when it is unknown who the log consumer will be, when there are multiple log consumers, etc.

Further, coupling security associations and trust relationships with the log storage mechanism increases the amount of security associations and procedures to set up and maintain.

It is impractical for every analytic application to create its own log storage mechanism, or have each device model commit to one particular log storage mechanism at the time of manufacture.

All these problems are exacerbated as the number of clients (e.g., electronic devices, device owners, etc.) increase, such as in an IoT environment.

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