Geolocation Obscurity Network Using Telephony Intermediary
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current anonymous communication systems, such as Tor, face issues like data leakage, lack of user control over routing, security threats to routers, and limitations to certain communication protocols, making them impractical for achieving true anonymity.
Innovation Solution
A secure geolocation obscurity network (SGLON) that uses a series of transit nodes to randomly relay and route communications, mixes private and public data streams using steganographic techniques, and employs a double tunnel technique to hide the true origin of data streams, ensuring confidentiality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If a user communicates directly over the Internet, then communication speed and simplicity are improved, but the user's physical location and communication patterns become vulnerable to monitoring and imitation by third parties
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a telephony network as an intermediary between the client and server. Voice communications are converted to telephony signals that traverse the public switched telephone network (PSTN), which does not provide routing information to third parties. This intermediary layer preserves communication speed while eliminating location monitoring vulnerability by using a network infrastructure that inherently protects user privacy.
2Reliability
If anonymous communication systems like Tor are used, then user anonymity is improved, but data leakage and security threats to routers make the system impractical
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the anonymity function from complex software-based systems like Tor and implements it through the inherent properties of the telephony network infrastructure. By removing reliance on vulnerable software routers and using the PSTN's natural privacy-protection characteristics, the system eliminates data leakage and security threats while maintaining anonymity reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses temporary, disposable telephony connections through the PSTN for each communication session. Each call creates a new, independent connection that does not persist or store routing information, making the system resistant to security threats and data leakage while maintaining reliable anonymity.
3Productivity
If the true origin of communications is revealed, then network routing efficiency is improved, but user privacy and security are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The telephony network acts as an intermediary that naturally obscures the true origin of communications while maintaining efficient routing. The PSTN's switching infrastructure routes calls based on destination numbers without exposing source location information, achieving both routing efficiency and privacy protection simultaneously.
Data Source
AI summary
A method is provided for electronically masking the geographic location of a client device in a communication network comprising the following steps: (a) mapping a communication from a first diverter node at a first location to a second diverter node at a second location, and (b) causing the communication to appear as originating from a client device at the second location when the communication is received by a destination device, wherein the second location is different from the first location. Also provided is a device that may be used to implement such a method.