Patent ID: 9680803
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A short messaging service (SMS) system or multimedia messaging service (MMS) system configured for secure communications, the system comprising: a software module configured to run as a user application on a mobile device, wherein the software module is configured to encrypt an SMS or MMS message via a first encryption; and a gateway comprising a server computer configured to communicate with the mobile device, wherein the gateway is configured to receive the encrypted message from the mobile device; wherein the software module or the mobile device has a phone number associated with it and is configured for registration with the gateway using an SMS or MMS message; wherein the registration comprises with the gateway verifying a phone number associated with the SMS or MMS message received from the software module against a whitelist; and wherein the whitelist comprises a list of approved phone numbers.