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- Patent Title: Methods and systems for establishing secure communication between devices via at least one intermediate device
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Application No.: US14837174Application Date: 2015-08-27
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Publication No.: US10084763B2Publication Date: 2018-09-25
- Inventor: Timothy Howard Panton
- Applicant: pi.pe GmbH
- Applicant Address: DE Berlin
- Assignee: pi.pe GmbH
- Current Assignee: pi.pe GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Berlin
- Agency: Hogan Lovells US LLP
- Priority: GB1415675.6 20140904
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; H04W76/14 ; H04W76/02 ; H04W88/02

Abstract:
Methods to establish communication between a first and second device via at least one intermediate device comprise, at the first device, generating an offer data packet comprising a second device address, which includes a first identifier indicating a public key associated with the second device; transmitting the offer data packet to a first intermediate device for transmission to the second device based upon the address of the second device; receiving an answer data packet via the first intermediate device, the answer data packet including network information associated with the second device; establishing a communication channel with the second device based on the network information received; receiving over the communication channel a first handshake data packet including a public key; calculating a second identifier based upon the public key; comparing the first identifier with the second identifier; and warning if a relationship between the first identifier and the second identifier is not an expected relationship.
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