TECHNIQUES TO PROVIDE AND MANAGE DIGITAL TELEPHONE TO AUTHENTICATE WITH NETWORK Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC H04W12/06 H04L9/32 

FIELD: radio engineering, communication.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to communication networks. The technical result is achieved due to that the apparatus may comprise a digital telephone management component having a telephone interface module operative to receive security information in the form of a personal identification number (PIN) for an operator or device. The digital telephone management component may also comprise a telephone security module communicatively connected to the telephone interface module, the telephone security module being operative to receive encrypted security credentials from a computing device, and decrypt the encrypted security credentials with the PIN. The digital telephone management component may further comprise a telephone authentication module communicatively connected to the telephone security module, the telephone authentication module being operative to authenticate the digital telephone using the security credentials.

EFFECT: managing different communication devices within a communication network, having one or more elements of unified communication (UC) infrastructure.

19 cl, 7 dwg