US 12,284,184 B2
Identity adapter and method
John William Hayes, Clearwater Beach, FL (US)
Assigned to INVISINET TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by INVISINET TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/079,488.
Prior Publication US 2024/0195810 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/0884 (2013.01) [H04L 63/10 (2013.01); H04L 63/166 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01)] 46 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An identity adapter for enabling secure communication between a first network device and a second network device, said first network device using a first security protocol, said second network device using a second security protocol, where said first security protocol is incomprehensible to said second network device, comprising
a first protocol module, an identity associator, a second protocol module, and a data proxy,
said first protocol module in communication with said data proxy,
said first protocol module configured to communicate with said first network device,
said second protocol module in communication with said data proxy,
said data proxy in communication with said identity associator;
said first protocol module configured to receive a first security protocol first communication from said first network device according to said first security protocol, said first security protocol first communication having a first communicated data and a first identity,
said first protocol module configured to process said first security protocol first communication according to said first security protocol to extract said first communicated data and said first identity,
said first protocol module configured to convey said first communicated data and said first identity to said data proxy,
said data proxy configured to convey said first identity to said identity associator;
said identity associator configured to select one of a plurality of potential identities as a second identity using said first identity in a selection criteria;
said identity associator configured to communicate said second identity to said data proxy;
said data proxy configured to store proxy state information including said first identity and said second identity;
said data proxy configured to communicate said first communicated data and said second identity to said second protocol module; and
said second protocol module configured to communicate said first communicated data and said second identity to said second network device using said second security protocol as a second security protocol first communication.