Patent ID: 8462942
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: H04K,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: generating, at a call device, a public/private key pair; receiving an encrypted voice stream from another call device, wherein the encrypted voice stream being encrypted using a public key of the public/private key pair; decrypting, at the call device, the encrypted voice stream using a private key of the public/private key pair, wherein only the private key is needed to decrypt the encrypted voice stream; and transmitting the public key from the call device to a public key warehouse within a Secure Socket Layer connection between the call device and the public key warehouse, wherein the private key does not become active until the public key is stored at the public key warehouse and tested by the call device, and wherein testing the private key by the call device includes loading the public key from the public key warehouse to the call device, and encrypting and decrypting a test amount to certify authenticity of the public key for the call device.