Patent ID: 9485231
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for secure communication, the method comprising: receiving an encrypted electronic instruction at a local gateway from an internet gateway passing through a firewall, wherein the encrypted electronic instruction transmitted from a user device to the internet gateway over a secure session connection is an electronic instruction generated by the user device and then encrypted by the user device based on a first security key stored in a user memory of the user device; decrypting the encrypted electronic instruction at the local gateway using a second security key stored in a local memory of the local gateway, wherein the internet gateway stores neither the first security key nor the second security key; and transmitting a device instruction from the local gateway to a specified network-connected device, the device instruction based on the electronic instruction decrypted by the local gateway using the second security key, the device instruction to trigger the specified network-connected device to perform a device action.