Dynamic dual-mode service access control, location-based billing, and E911 mechanisms

• US 10,044,852 B2
• Filed: 12/17/2015
• Issued: 08/07/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wantage Technologies LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Wantage Technologies LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Bonner, Thomas W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Crutchfield, Christopher
• Assistant Examiner(s): PHAM, TITO Q
• Application Number:
  US14/972,922
• Publication Number:
  US 20160105541A1
• Time in Patent Office: 964 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/107 wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2535 adapted for voice communication over an Internet Protocol [IP] network Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network equipment and services H04M7/006; implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72418 for supporting emergency services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/61 based on the service used
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/06 including a wireless LAN interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/71 Hardware identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/02 Processing of mobility data, e.g. registration information at HLR [Home Location Register] or VLR [Visitor Location Register]; Transfer of mobility data, e.g. between HLR, VLR or external networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

A system that facilitates controlling network access comprises a lookup component that determines a geographic location associated with a public originating IP address, wherein the public originating IP address is associated with a request for dual mode services made by a dual mode client. A comparison component compares the determined geographic location with a retained geographic location associated with the dual mode client and determines whether to enable dual mode services based at least in part upon the comparison.

Claims

1. A system to facilitate management of network access through an unlicensed wireless network that includes a broadband endpoint that facilitates communications between a handset and a broadband network, the system comprising:

a RADIUS (remote authentication dial-in user service) server, including a plurality of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, configured to assign a unique IP address to the broadband endpoint; and

a hardware processor connected to the broadband network and configured to validate the broadband endpoint by comparing the assigned unique IP address associated with the broadband endpoint via which the handset is attempting to access the broadband network with a stored list of IP addresses for access approved broadband endpoints,

wherein the handset is configured to connect to the broadband endpoint that is communicatively associated with the RADIUS server, to which broadband endpoint the unique IP address has been assigned by the RADIUS server.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the unlicensed wireless network is a broadband IP network, Bluetooth and/or a Wifi network.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the broadband endpoint has associated physical location data identifying a geographic location of the broadband endpoint, further comprising a controlling hardware processor configured to control, based on the physical location data, DMS access, dynamic location billing and E911 location determination.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising a billing hardware processor configured to facilitate billing a user for the access to the unlicensed wireless network based on the IP address of the broadband endpoint, wherein a different billing metric is applied if the broadband endpoint is a home broadband endpoint of the user compared with if the user accesses from a non-home broadband endpoint.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the RADIUS server and the hardware processor are associated with a radio network different from the unlicensed wireless network.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the radio network is a GSM (global system for mobile telecommunications) network.

7. A method of controlling network access through an unlicensed wireless network that includes a broadband endpoint that facilitates communications between a handset and a broadband network, the method comprising:

providing a RADIUS (remote authentication dial-in user service) server, including a plurality of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses;

assigning via the RADIUS server, a unique IP address to the broadband endpoint; and

validating the broadband endpoint using a network controller component, the validating including comparing the assigned unique IP address associated with the broadband endpoint via which the handset is attempting to access the broadband network with a stored list of IP addresses for access approved broadband endpoints,

wherein the handset is configured to connect to the broadband endpoint that is communicatively associated with the RADIUS server, to which broadband endpoint the unique IP address has been assigned by the RADIUS server.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the unlicensed wireless network is a broadband IP network, Bluetooth and/or a Wifi network.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising controlling, based on the physical location data, DMS access, dynamic location billing and E911 location determination.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising billing a user for the access to the radio network wireless network based on the IP address of the broadband endpoint, wherein a different billing metric is applied if the broadband endpoint is a home broadband endpoint of the user compared with if the user accesses from a non-home broadband endpoint.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the RADIUS server and the network controller component are associated with a radio network different from the unlicensed wireless network.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the radio network is a GSM (global system for mobile telecommunications) network.