Patent ID: 8543091
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of providing secure Short Message Service (SMS) communications comprising: requesting, by a secure SMS application loaded inside a client device, that SMS data to be sent from the client device to a remote location be encrypted internally by a Crypto component in the client device, wherein the secure SMS application is in communication with the Crypto component; encrypting, internally by the Crypto component in the client device, the SMS data by processing the SMS data with a Message Authentication Code (MAC) and a timestamp and/or counter along with second factor authentication information; sending the encrypted SMS data to the remote location by the secure SMS application via a regular SMS channel of the client device; receiving encrypted SMS data from the remote location via the regular SMS channel of the client device; and decrypting and reading the received encrypted data using the secure SMS application of the client device, wherein the decrypting and reading further comprises: