Patent ID: 8935533
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: H04L,H04W,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A method of secure communication for executing a session between a client and a server in a communications network, said method comprising the steps of: sending a session connection request from said client to said server; receiving from said server an acknowledgement message, said acknowledgement message including a state token representing a state of association between said client and said server, said state token being encrypted and authenticated by said server; communicating from said client to said server utilizing said state token, wherein said state of association between said client and said server is stored temporarily at said client and not maintained at said server, said state token being utilized in communications from said client to said server to enable said server to verify and restore session state between said client to thereby process messages from said client, wherein a token master key is available to said server and not said client and wherein said communicating from said client to said server utilizing said state token is in an encrypted state based on said token master key.