Patent ID: 9667665
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of operating a server system to process Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) signaling to facilitate the transfer of data communications over trusted hardware, the method comprising: a server system exchanging trust signaling with a first access network and responsively establishing hardware trust with the first access network and responsively determining that the first access network has established hardware trust with a communication interface to a second access network; the server system exchanging SIP signaling with a SIP system and responsively establishing hardware trust with the SIP system and responsively determining that the SIP system has established hardware trust with the second access network and with a second communication device; the server system exchanging SIP signaling with a first communication device and responsively establishing hardware trust with the first communication device; the server system receiving a SIP Invite requesting a communication session between the first communication device and the second communication device over hardware-trusted systems, and based on the hardware trust with the first communication device, the first access network, the communication interface, the second access network, and the second communication device, the server system responsively forwarding the SIP Invite to the SIP signaling system for delivery to the second communication device, the server system exchanging Network Function Virtualization (NFV) signaling with the first access network indicating NFV time slice data for the first access network; the server system exchanging SIP signaling with the SIP system indicating NFV time slice data for the second access network; and the server system receiving the SIP Invite requesting the communication session having an NFV time slice requirement, and further based on the NFV time slice data for the first access network and the second access network, responsively forwarding the SIP Invite to the SIP signaling system for delivery to the second communication device.