公开(公告)号：US20070130465A1

公开(公告)日：2007-06-07

申请号：US11553205

申请日：2006-10-26

Applicant: Ke ZENG ,  Xiao-Wei Liu ,  Xiao-Han Wang ,  Ya-Bo Wang ,  Hui-Feng Liu ,  Tomoyuki Fujita ,  Min-Yu Hsueh

Inventor： Ke ZENG ,  Xiao-Wei Liu ,  Xiao-Han Wang ,  Ya-Bo Wang ,  Hui-Feng Liu ,  Tomoyuki Fujita ,  Min-Yu Hsueh

IPC: H04L9/00

CPC classification number: G06F21/31 ,  H04L9/3073 ,  H04L63/0407 ,  H04L2209/42

Abstract: The invention provides a virtual subscriber identifier system and method of a communication network. According to one embodiment of the invention, a subscriber generates virtual subscriber identifiers by him/her self, generates a subscriber identity mapping data by which a identifier service provider can figure out the real identifier of the owner of the virtual subscriber identifier, and informs peers of the virtual subscriber identifiers. The subscriber identify mapping data may be a data in which a virtual subscriber identifier is associated to the real identifier of the subscriber, and be registered by the subscriber with the identifier service provider. A peer generates a communicating request including a virtual subscriber identifier as target, and sends the request to the identifier service provider, the identifier service provider determines the real identifier of the subscriber from the subscriber identity mapping data, and forwards the communication between the peer and the subscriber's terminal. In another embodiment, the subscriber identity mapping data may be a secret data of the subscriber, by which the virtual subscriber identifier can figure out the real identifier of the subscriber. When receiving the communication request, the identifier service provider decrypts the real identifier of the owner of the virtual subscriber identifier from the secret data received from the peer. In one embodiment, the virtual subscriber identifier is generated from the public key of the subscriber. The virtual subscriber identifier may be equipped with a certificate, or be associated with a magic word. With the invention, the use of the virtual subscriber identifiers is more flexible to the system and versatile to the subscriber.

Abstract translation: 本发明提供一种通信网络的虚拟用户标识符系统和方法。 根据本发明的一个实施例，用户通过他/她自己生成虚拟用户标识符，生成用户身份映射数据，通过该用户身份映射数据，标识符服务提供商可以找出虚拟用户标识符的所有者的真实标识符，并通知对等体 的虚拟用户标识符。 用户识别映射数据可以是其中虚拟用户标识符与用户的真实标识符相关联的数据，并且由用户与标识符服务提供商注册。 对等体生成包括虚拟用户标识符作为目标的通信请求，并将该请求发送给标识服务提供商，标识符服务提供者根据用户身份映射数据确定用户的真实标识符，并转发对等体和 用户终端。 在另一个实施例中，用户身份映射数据可以是用户的秘密数据，虚拟用户标识符可以通过该秘密数据找出用户的真实标识符。 当接收到通信请求时，标识符服务提供者从从对等体接收到的秘密数据中解密虚拟用户标识符所有者的真实标识符。 在一个实施例中，从用户的公开密钥生成虚拟用户标识符。 虚拟用户标识符可以配备证书，或者与魔术词相关联。 利用本发明，虚拟用户标识符的使用对系统而言更加灵活并且对用户是通用的。