Secure remote access in a wireless telecommunication system

• US 20040038667A1
• Filed: 08/22/2002
• Published: 02/26/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Charles Terry Jr. Vance
• Original Assignee: Cingular Wireless II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Vance, Charles Terry Jr.
• Application Number:
  US10/225,997
• Publication Number:
  US 20040038667A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/410
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/28 Restricting access to network management systems or functions, e.g. using authorisation function to access network configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security

Abstract

Providing secure remote access in a wireless telecommunication system comprises accessing a secure server by a user and validating the user. The validation may include a designation of at least a first system within the wireless telecommunication system that the user has been previously granted clearance to access. In addition, providing secure remote access in a wireless telecommunication system may comprise providing the use access to the first system within the wireless telecommunication system.

Claims

1. A method for providing secure remote access in a wireless telecommunication system, comprising:

accessing a secure server by a user;

validating the user, the validation including designation of at least a first system within the wireless telecommunication system that the user has been previously granted clearance to access; and

providing the user access to the first system within the wireless telecommunication system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein accessing the secure server further comprises:

presenting the user with a secure screen; and

entering, by the user, a user identification.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein validating the user further comprises:

correlating a user identification against a validation database;

receiving from the validation database the designation of at least the first system if the first system has been previously designated as a system the user may access; and

presenting to the user a system screen indicating at least the first system.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

maintaining the validation database with user identifications of users that a delivery system operator wishes to grant access; and

maintaining the user identifications within the validation database with systems within the wireless telecommunication system that the delivery system operator wishes to grant access.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the user access to the first system further comprises:

selecting the first system by the user from a system screen presented by the secure server;

providing a reason solicitation screen by the secure server;

entering into the reason solicitation screen a reason, the reason comprising an indication why the user is seeking access to the first system; and

updating an access log database with at least one of a user identification, a time and date the user accesses the first system, a designation of the first system, and the reason.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

updating the access log database with a time the user logs out of the first system.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first system comprises a switching system within the wireless telecommunication system.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first system comprises at least on of a base station controller (BSC), a base transceiver station (BTS), an IVR, and a fault management system (FMS).

9. The method of claim 1, wherein accessing the secure server further comprises obtaining access through at least one of a publicly switched telephone network (PSTN) and a publicly switched packet network (PSPN).

10. A system for providing secure remote access in a wireless telecommunication system, comprising:

a secure server accessible by a user;

a first component for validating the user, the validation including a designation of at least a first system within the wireless telecommunication system that the user has been previously granted clearance to access; and

a second component for providing the user access to the first system within the wireless telecommunication system.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the secure server is further configured for:

presenting the user with a secure screen; and

receiving from the user a user identification.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the first component is further configured for:

correlating a user identification against a validation database;

receiving from the validation database the designation of at least the first system if the first system has been previously designated as a system the user may access; and

presenting to the user a system screen indicating at least the first system.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the first component is further configured for:

maintaining the validation database with user identifications of users that a delivery system operator wishes to grant access; and

maintaining the user identifications within the validation database with systems within the wireless telecommunication system that the delivery system operator wishes to grant access.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the second component is further configured for:

receiving a selection of the first system from the user from a system screen;

providing a reason solicitation screen;

entering into the reason solicitation screen a reason, the reason comprising an indication why the user is seeking access to the first system; and

updating an access log database with at least one of a user identification, a time and date the user accesses the first system, a designation of the first system, and the reason.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the second component is further configured for updating the access log database with a time the user logs out of the first system.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the first system comprises a switching system within the wireless telecommunication system.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the first system comprises at least on of a base station controller (BSC), a base transceiver station (BTS), an IVR, and a fault management system (FMS).

18. The system of claim 10, further comprising at least one of a publicly switched telephone network (PSTN) and a publicly switched packet network (PSPN), through which the secure server is accessed.

19. A computer-readable medium on which is stored a set of instructions for providing secure remote access in a wireless telecommunication system, which when executed perform stages comprising:

accessing a secure server by a user;

validating the user, the validation including a designation of at least a first system within the wireless telecommunication system that the user has been previously granted clearance to access; and

providing the user access to the first system within the wireless telecommunication system.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein accessing the secure server further comprises:

presenting the user with a secure screen; and

entering, by the user, a user identification.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein validating the user further comprises:

correlating a user identification against a validation database;

receiving from the validation database the designation of at least the first system if the first system has been previously designated as a system the user may access; and

presenting to the user a system screen indicating at least the first system.

22. The computer-readable medium of claim 21, further comprising:

maintaining the validation database with user identifications of users that a delivery system operator wishes to grant access; and

maintaining the user identifications within the validation database with systems within the wireless telecommunication system that the delivery system operator wishes to grant access.

23. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein providing the user access to the first system further comprises:

selecting the first system by the user from a system screen presented by the secure server;

providing a reason solicitation screen by the secure server;

entering into the reason solicitation screen a reason, the reason comprising an indication why the user is seeking access to the first system; and

updating an access log database with at least one of a user identification, a time and date the user accesses the first system, a designation of the first system, and the reason.

24. The computer-readable medium of claim 23, further comprising updating the access log database with a time the user logs out of the first system.

25. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the first system comprises a switching system within the wireless telecommunication system.

26. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the first system comprises at least on of a base station controller (BSC), a base transceiver station (BTS), an IVR, and a fault management system (FMS).

27. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein accessing the secure server further comprises obtaining access through at least one of a publicly switched telephone network (PSTN) and a publicly switched packet network (PSPN).