Secure transmission over satellite phone network

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8913989
APP PUB NO 20110237247A1
SERIAL NO

12929728

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Abstract

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A reach back secure communications terminal includes a modem to satellite interconnect board that captures DTMF tones, demodulates encrypted modem information, and converts both into an ASCII string for presentation to a data port of a satellite phone, allowing out-of-band control of a non-secure satellite system (e.g., AT command control of a data port) by a user on a secure side of an encryption device, by including the ability to interpret control signals and control the satellite system appropriately. A false dial tone is presented to the encryption device, and the data stream coming from the encryption device is monitored for the presence of dual-tone, multi-frequency (DTMF) tones representing control signals, the DTMF tones are converted to ASCII characters, which are in turn received as control signals by the satellite phone, allowing control of the functions of the satellite system directly from the secure side of the encryption device.

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  • TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Best, Fiona S Crofton, US 8 45
Hartwell, Wesley R Sykesville, US 8 45
Lee, William Jeremy Crownsville, US 8 45
McClintock, Dorothy A Highland, US 8 45
Reed, Eric Jackson, US 20 320

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