Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Facilitating user privacy in communications involving semantic-bearing IPv6 addresses
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Application No.: US16268087Application Date: 2019-02-05
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Publication No.: US11218454B2Publication Date: 2022-01-04
- Inventor: Eric Vyncke , Guillaume Ruty , Pierre Pfister , Andre Jean-Marie Surcouf
- Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Edell Shapiro & Finnan, LLC
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; H04L29/12 ; H04L12/749 ; H04L29/08 ; G06F21/62 ; H04L12/747

Abstract:
A message is received which indicates a request for a client-specific service address for service or content provided by a service provider. In response to the request, a client-specific service address may be generated and sent to the client. The address may be used as a destination address in one or more subsequent client requests for service or content. A first portion of the address comprises an IPv6 service prefix assigned to a service network of the service provider. A second portion of the address comprises semantic information having a first portion of encrypted private information and a second portion of unencrypted service information. The encrypted private information may be generated by encrypting private information based on a cryptographic key, where the cryptographic key is derived based on a secret key associated with the service provider and an IP client prefix assigned to the client.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200252377A1 FACILITATING USER PRIVACY IN COMMUNICATIONS INVOLVING SEMANTIC-BEARING IPV6 ADDRESSES Public/Granted day:2020-08-06
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