Method for limiting conveyance information of user profile within mobile internet transactions

• US 20030041100A1
• Filed: 08/23/2001
• Published: 02/27/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Nilsson, Mikael, Lindskog, Helena, Fischer-Hübner, Simone
• Granted Patent: US 7,120,695 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/2871 Implementation details of single intermediate entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A system and method for contacting the origin server from a user comprises the steps of generating a minimal user profile for the user that is stored at a node associated with the user, said minimal user profile containing user designated CPI. A connection is established from the node to an origin server using the minimal user profile, and a determination is made if the privacy profile of the origin server meets the privacy preferences of the user. If so, a second user profile containing a more detailed CPI is provided to the origin server.

Claims

1. A method for contacting an origin server from a user, comprising the steps of:

generating a minimal user profile for the user, said minimal user profile containing user designated CPI;

establishing a connection with the origin server using the minimal user profile;

determining if a privacy policy of the origin server at least meets privacy preferences of the user; and

providing at least one second user profile containing a more detailed CPI to the origin server if the privacy policy of the origin server at least meets the privacy preferences of the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of establishing further comprises the steps of:

establishing a WSP session with a WAP gateway using the minimal user profile; and

caching the minimal user profile within the WAP gateway.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining further comprises the steps of:

requesting a policy reference file and a privacy policy from the origin server;

receiving the policy reference file and the privacy policy from the origin server; and

comparing the privacy policy of the origin server with the privacy preferences of the user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of providing further comprises the step of providing the at least one second user profile containing the more detailed CPI in each request to the origin server.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of providing further comprises the steps of:

providing the at least one second user profile to a WAP gateway;

caching the at least one second user profile at the WAP gateway; and

attaching the at least one second user profile to all requests received from the user and forwarded to the origin server.

6. A method for contacting an origin server from a user, comprising the steps of:

generating a minimal user profile for the user, said minimal user profile containing user designated CPI;

establishing a WSP session with a WAP gateway using the minimal user profile;

caching the minimal user profile within the WAP gateway;

establishing a connection with the origin server using the minimal user profile;

determining if a privacy policy of the origin server meets privacy preferences of the user using the minimal user profile; and

providing a second user profile containing a more detailed CPI in each subsequent request to the origin server if the privacy policy of the origin server at least meets the privacy preferences of the user.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the step of determining further comprises the steps of:

requesting a policy reference file and a privacy policy from the origin server using the minimal user profile;

receiving the policy reference file and the privacy policy from the origin server; and

comparing the privacy policy of the origin server with the privacy preferences of the user.

8. A method for contacting an origin server from a user, comprising the steps of:

generating a minimal user profile for the user, said minimal user profile containing user designated CPI;

establishing a WSP session with a WAP gateway using the minimal user profile;

caching the minimal user profile within the WAP gateway;

establishing a connection with the origin server using the minimal user profile;

requesting a policy reference file and a privacy policy from the origin server using the minimal user profile;

receiving the policy reference file and the privacy policy from the origin server;

comparing the privacy policy of the origin server with the privacy preferences of the user to determine if a privacy policy of the origin server meets privacy preferences of the user;

providing the second user profile to a WAP gateway if the privacy policy of the origin server at least meets the privacy preferences of the user;

caching the second user profile at the WAP gateway; and

attaching the second user profile to all requests received from the user and forwarded to the origin server.

9. A wireless communications node associated with a user, comprising:

a minimal user profile containing only user designated CPI;

a second user profile containing a more detailed CPI;

control logic for providing the minimal user profile to establish an initial connection to an origin server and to provide the second user profile to the origin server if the privacy policy of the origin server meets the privacy preferences of the user.

10. The wireless communications node of claim 9, wherein the control logic requests the privacy policy of the origin server.

11. The wireless communications node of claim 10, wherein the control logic compares the privacy policy of the origin server with the privacy preferences of the user.

12. The wireless communications node of claim 9, wherein the control logic attaches the second user profile to each request toward the origin server if the privacy policy of the origin server meets the privacy preferences of the user.

13. The wireless communications node of claim 9, wherein the control logic forwards the second user profile a single time for caching at a WAP gateway if the privacy policy of the origin server meets the privacy preferences of the user.

14. A wireless communication node associated with a user, comprising:

first means for containing only user designated CPI;

second means for containing a more detailed CPI;

means for providing the first means for containing to establish an initial connection to an origin server and to provide the second means for containing to the origin server if the privacy policy of the origin server meets the privacy preferences of the user.

15. The wireless communication node of claim 14, wherein the means for providing control logic requests the privacy policy of the origin server.

16. The wireless communications node of claim 15, wherein the means for providing further compares the privacy policy of the origin server with the privacy preferences of the user.

17. The wireless communications node of claim 14, wherein the means for providing attaches the second means for containing to each request toward the origin server if the privacy policy of the origin server meets the privacy preferences of the user.

18. The wireless communications node of claim 14, wherein the means for providing forwards the second means for containing a single time for caching at a WAP gateway if the privacy policy of the origin server meets the privacy preferences of the user.