Patent ID: 9444823
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method operational on a transmitting terminal, the method comprising: collecting security information for one or more network communication associations across one or more layers distinct from an application layer, the one or more network communication associations having been previously established with one or more receiving terminals; collecting feedback information from one or more applications regarding a history of positive or negative communications with the one or more receiving terminals; assessing level of trust information for at least one of the one or more network communication associations based on the feedback information, wherein the level of trust information is based on a type of authentication used to create the one or more network communication associations previously established with the one or more receiving terminals; determining a level of strength information for the one or more network communication associations based on the security information and the level of trust information; and providing the security information, the level of trust information, and the level of strength information to a requesting application of the transmitting terminal, the requesting application configured to: