Patent ID: 11870760
Assignee: NEONE, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. A method for performing secure device-to-device communication, comprising:
by a computer:
performing the secure device-to-device communication between a first electronic device and a second electronic device in a secure virtual personalized network (SVPN) of a first user associated with a first electronic device, wherein performing secure device-to-device communication comprises:
receiving, associated with one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device, packets or frames having payloads that are encrypted using an encryption key; and
providing, addressed to the other of the first electronic device and the second electronic device, the packets or the frames;

wherein the secure device-to-device communication is performed via an instance of a virtual machine in the computer that provides a container for the SVPN,
wherein the SVPN is independent of another SVPN of another user that is hosted by the computer that is, at least in part, implemented using another instance of a virtual machine in the computer,
wherein the computer does not store and cannot access the encryption key, and
wherein the first user has master privileges in the SVPN that allow the first user to perform the secure device-to-device communication in the SVPN and that allow the first user to invite a new member to the SVPN.