Patent ID: 8443082
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for communicating data via a network, the method comprising: activating a server mode for a first communication device; receiving, with the first communication device when the first communication device is in the server mode, a message from a second communication device, the message comprising an identity associated with the second communication device; retrieving, with the first communication device, a key associated with the second communication device, wherein the key is located in a database associated with the first communication device; verifying, with the first communication device, the identity associated with the second communication device by comparing data in the message from the second communication device with data in the key associated with the second communication device; activating a client mode for the first communication device; and sending, with the first communication device when the first communication device is in the client mode, a message to an address associated with the second communication device, the message comprising an identity associated with the first communication device.