US 12,250,227 B2
Clearing house signaling
Michael W. Powers, Lubbock, TX (US); Jeffrey V. Ross, Granbury, TX (US); and Stephen P. Frisbie, Lubbock, TX (US)
Assigned to GLOBAL BUSINESS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Granbury, TX (US)
Filed by Global Business Software Development Technologies, Inc., Granbury, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/458,000.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/122,260, filed on Dec. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0182393 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 65/1104 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 69/08 (2022.01); H04M 3/436 (2006.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01); G06Q 30/018 (2023.01)
CPC H04L 63/12 (2013.01) [H04L 65/1104 (2022.05); H04L 69/08 (2013.01); H04M 3/436 (2013.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01); G06Q 30/0185 (2013.01); H04M 2203/6045 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a network interface operable to receive, over a communication link of a first network according to a first signaling protocol, a communication request that requests voice call communication between two or more user devices; and
a processor communicatively coupled to the network interface and operable to:
verify caller information in the communication request with a certification procedure;
after verifying the caller information, generate a first indicator indicating that the communication request has been verified, wherein the first indicator is associated with a first certificate management procedure;
generate, based on the first indicator, a second indicator associated with a second certificate management procedure;
convert the communication request to a second signaling protocol used in a second network;
after generating the first indicator, transmit the converted communication request according to the second signaling protocol;
after transmitting the converted communication request, receive a verification request from a network; and
transmit the second indicator to the network in response to the verification request.