US 11,727,128 B2
Method and apparatus for multi-channel secure communication and data transfer
Dushyant Sharma, Waxhaw, NC (US)
Assigned to PAYMENTUS CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Paymentus Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Aug. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/407,661.
Application 17/407,661 is a continuation of application No. 16/938,301, filed on Jul. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,321,474.
Application 16/938,301 is a continuation of application No. 15/812,376, filed on Nov. 14, 2017, granted, now 10,762,221, issued on Sep. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/421,749, filed on Nov. 14, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0383001 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01)
CPC G06F 21/606 (2013.01) [H04L 63/04 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for the selective establishment and use of at least one secure communication channel to facilitate the exchange of data objects containing private or sensitive information in a network environment, the method comprising:
establishing a communication channel between a first network entity and a second network entity;
receiving at the first network entity, a request comprising a contextual data object from the second network entity;
in an instance in which the contextual data object is indicative of a need for a secure communication channel causing the secure communication channel to be established between the secure transfer system and the second network entity;
causing a second communication channel to be established between the secure transfer system and the first network entity;
receiving, at the secure transfer system via the secure communication channel, a data object comprising said private or sensitive information associated with the second network entity; and
transmitting via the second communication channel, status information associated with the data object,
wherein said status information is indicative of whether the data object was successfully transmitted via the secure communication channel.