Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Signature based communication authentication
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Application No.: US16103399Application Date: 2018-08-14
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Publication No.: US10972605B2Publication Date: 2021-04-06
- Inventor: Russell Speight VanBlon , Robert James Kapinos , Scott Wentao Li , Robert James Norton, Jr.
- Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Applicant Address: SG Singapore
- Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: SG Singapore
- Agency: Ference & Associates LLC
- Main IPC: H04M1/56
- IPC: H04M1/56 ; H04M15/06 ; H04M3/436 ; H04M3/42 ; H04W12/06

Abstract:
One embodiment provides a method, including: detecting, using an application of an information handling device, an incoming call from another device, the incoming call being associated with an identifying message signed with a user-specific signature; determining, using a processor, whether the user-specific signature is associated with a valid signature; and accepting, responsive to determining that the user-specific signature is associated with a valid signature, the call. Other aspects are described and claimed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200162610A1 SIGNATURE BASED COMMUNICATION AUTHENTICATION Public/Granted day:2020-05-21
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