Patent ID: 8494165
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of establishing secure communication between a first mobile computing device and a second mobile computing device, comprising: connecting the first mobile computing device to a server via a Wi-Fi hot spot; authenticating the first mobile computing device with the server; verifying that the server has a trusted certificate; sending a request to the server to securely communicate with the second mobile computing device that is connected to the Wi-Fi hot spot; sending the request to the second mobile computing device through the Wi-Fi hot spot; receiving a private key from the server; receiving data including a session key, the session key being encrypted; decrypting the data using the private key to obtain the session key; and establishing secure communication between the first mobile computing device and the second mobile computing device through the Wi-Fi hot spot, wherein establishing secure communication includes encrypting transmissions from the first mobile computing device using the session key and decrypting received transmissions from second mobile computing device using the session key.