US 11,683,160 B2
Encrypted group communications
Greg Albrecht, San Francisco, CA (US); Andy Isaacson, San Francisco, CA (US); Nelson Carpentier, San Francisco, CA (US); Dan Phung, San Francisco, CA (US); and Schuyler Erle, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Orion Labs, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Orion Labs, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/394,162.
Application 16/394,162 is a continuation of application No. 15/283,752, filed on Oct. 3, 2016, granted, now 10,305,686.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/236,534, filed on Oct. 2, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2020/0119914 A1, Apr. 16, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/00 (2022.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 9/0833 (2013.01) [H04L 63/065 (2013.01); H04L 63/0435 (2013.01); H04L 2209/80 (2013.01); H04L 2463/062 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
managing a group of communication nodes, including establishing secure communication between communication nodes, via a remote management system, including:
receiving, at the remote management system via a control channel including a first network link used by the remote management system to manage communication nodes, a request from a first communication node to enable secure communications between the first communication node and a second communication node across a transport channel, the transport channel including a second network link separate from the control channel;
generating, at the remote management system in response to the received request, a group encryption key to enable secure communication between the first communication node and the second communication node via the transport channel;
encrypting the group encryption key prior to transferring the group encryption key to the first and second communication nodes through one or more control channels; and
transferring the group encryption key from the remote management system to the first and second communication nodes through the control channel.