Patent ID: 7751406
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of communicating information packets, the method comprising: determining a level of trust for a consumer equipment by hashing information that includes at least a portion of application program code in the consumer equipment, wherein a packet switched network determines the level of trust for the consumer equipment based on whether the hashing indicates that the information including the portion of application program code in the consumer equipment has changed; and controlling based on the determined level of trust at least one of capacity in the packet switched network that is allowed to be used to communicate the information packets associated with the consumer equipment, communication delay in the packet switched network that is allowed for the information packets associated with the consumer equipment, loss rate in the packet switched network that is allowed for the information packets associated with the consumer equipment, and priority in the packet switched network that is used for communicating the information packets associated with the consumer equipment, to control a level of Quality of Service (QoS) provided by the packet switched network for the information packets associated with the consumer equipment.