US 12,008,143 B2
Selective replacement of information within communication metadata
Jay Stark, Tukwila, WA (US)
Assigned to T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed on Jun. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/834,079.
Application 17/834,079 is a continuation of application No. 16/951,965, filed on Nov. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,379,620.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/939,552, filed on Nov. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0300654 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 21/6263 (2013.01) [G06F 21/6254 (2013.01); H04L 9/0869 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a telecommunication network, a message including a message header in an encrypted communication originating from a user device and directed to a recipient device, the communication comprising a request from the user device to access a website hosted by the recipient device, the message header including metadata having encrypted data values in data fields;
determining, by the telecommunication network, one or more of the data fields to have data values therein to be replaced;
decrypting the data values in the determined one or more data fields;
determining which of the data values among the decrypted data values to replace;
selecting, by the telecommunication network and based on the determining of the data values, replacement data values to replace the data values in the determined one or more data fields;
overwriting, by the telecommunication network, the data values in the determined data fields with the selected replacement data values;
encrypting the overwritten data values; and
forwarding, by the telecommunication network, the message with the encrypted overwritten data values to the recipient device.