System and methods for UICC-based secure communication
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, over a wireless network by a processing system including a processor, a first request from a first wireless communication device;
responsive to the first request, wirelessly providing, by the processing system via a remote server, provisioning information to the first wireless communication device to be stored in a universal integrated circuit card of the first wireless communication device, the provisioning information including authentication information that enables authentication of the first wireless communication device with the wireless network, wherein the wirelessly providing of the provisioning information utilizes a secure transmission key to provide a secure transmitting of the provisioning information;
responsive to the wirelessly providing of the provisioning information, authenticating the universal integrated circuit card of the first wireless communication device, by the processing system, according to an authentication key and utilizing the authentication information;
enabling, by the processing system, communication services for the first wireless communication device responsive to a successful authentication of the universal integrated circuit card of the first wireless communication device, wherein the secure transmission key and the authentication key are distinct keys;
receiving, by the processing system over the wireless network from the first wireless communication device, a second request to establish a communication session between the first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device; and
communicating by the processing system with the second wireless communication device via an encrypted channel, wherein the enabling communication services and the communicating with the second wireless communication device enables establishing the communication session between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device.
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Abstract
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, instructions which when executed cause a device processor to perform operations comprising sending a service request to a remote management server; receiving from the management server an authentication management function and an encryption key generator for execution by a secure element and an encryption engine for execution by a secure device processor, sending a request to establish a communication session with a remote device; and communicating with the remote device via a channel established using an application server. The secure element and the secure device processor authenticate each other using a mutual authentication keyset. The secure element, the secure device processor and the device processor each have a security level associated therewith; the security level associated with the secure device processor is intermediate between that of the secure element and that of the device processor. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, over a wireless network by a processing system including a processor, a first request from a first wireless communication device; responsive to the first request, wirelessly providing, by the processing system via a remote server, provisioning information to the first wireless communication device to be stored in a universal integrated circuit card of the first wireless communication device, the provisioning information including authentication information that enables authentication of the first wireless communication device with the wireless network, wherein the wirelessly providing of the provisioning information utilizes a secure transmission key to provide a secure transmitting of the provisioning information; responsive to the wirelessly providing of the provisioning information, authenticating the universal integrated circuit card of the first wireless communication device, by the processing system, according to an authentication key and utilizing the authentication information; enabling, by the processing system, communication services for the first wireless communication device responsive to a successful authentication of the universal integrated circuit card of the first wireless communication device, wherein the secure transmission key and the authentication key are distinct keys; receiving, by the processing system over the wireless network from the first wireless communication device, a second request to establish a communication session between the first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device; and communicating by the processing system with the second wireless communication device via an encrypted channel, wherein the enabling communication services and the communicating with the second wireless communication device enables establishing the communication session between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a system over a network from a first end user device, a first request for a secure signaling session, wherein the first request is initiated by a secure device processor of the first end user device, wherein the secure device processor of the first end user device executes an encryption engine, wherein a secure element of the first end user device executes an authentication management function and an encryption key generator, wherein the secure element and the secure device processor authenticate each other using a mutual authentication keyset, and wherein the secure element and the secure device processor are separate from each other; providing, by the system over the network to the first end user device, a first authentication signal, wherein a secure application server associated with the system is authenticated by the authentication management function using a signaling authentication keyset; communicating by the system with the first end user device via a first encrypted channel using a first signaling encryption keyset, wherein encryption and decryption of communications over the first encrypted channel is performed by the encryption engine and the first signaling encryption keyset is generated by the encryption key generator; receiving, by the system over the network from the first end user device, a second request to establish a communication session with a second end user device; and communicating by the system with the second end user device via a second encrypted channel using a second signaling encryption keyset, wherein the communicating by the system with the first and second end user devices enables establishing the communication session between the first and second end user devices, and wherein the mutual authentication keyset, the signaling authentication keyset, and the first and second signaling encryption keysets are distinct keysets. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An end user device comprising:
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a secure element; a secure device processor separate from the secure element; a memory that stores executable instructions; and a device processor separate from the secure device processor and coupled to the memory, the secure element and the secure device processor, wherein the device processor, responsive to executing the executable instructions, performs operations, the operations comprising; authenticating a user of the end user device using a user interface keyset, wherein user credentials are verified by an authentication management function executed by the secure element; sending a first request for a secure signaling session to a secure application server remote from the end user device, wherein the first request is initiated by the secure device processor; receiving from the secure application server a first authentication signal, wherein the secure application server is authenticated by the authentication management function using a signaling authentication keyset; communicating with the secure application server via a first encrypted channel using a first signaling encryption keyset, wherein encryption and decryption of communications over the first encrypted channel is performed by an encryption engine executed by the secure device processor, wherein the first signaling encryption keyset is generated by an encryption key generator executed by the secure element, and wherein the secure element and the secure device processor authenticate each other using a mutual authentication keyset; and sending a second request to the secure application server to establish an encrypted communication session with another device, wherein the encrypted communication session provides bi-directional encryption, wherein the mutual authentication keyset, the user interface keyset, the signaling authentication keyset, and the first signaling encryption keyset are distinct keysets. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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