Upload security scheme
First Claim
1. A method for providing upload security, comprising:
- identifying a mobile device used by a sender of an upload message destined to a user, in response to a server receiving the upload message from the mobile device via a network;
accessing, in the server, opt-in parameters predetermined by the user, the opt-in parameters including the identity of mobile devices that are authorized by the user to upload data to an account on the server associated with the user;
determining if the identity of the mobile device used by the sender is included in the opt-in parameters; and
if so, allowing upload of content from the upload message to the account associated with the user, otherwise blocking the upload.
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Abstract
The need for upload security arises during content sharing between users in communication link with each other and a server. In one embodiment, providing the upload security involves the server identifying a mobile device that sends an upload message destined to a user. Providing the upload security further involves the server accessing opt-in parameters predetermined by the user, determining if the identity of the sending mobile device is included in the opt-in parameters, and, if so, allowing the upload to the user'"'"'s account, otherwise blocking the upload. The opt-in parameters include the identity of mobile devices that are authorized by the user to upload data to the user'"'"'s account. In one embodiment, the communication link includes a wireless carrier network with capability for security screening of the upload message before it reaches the server based on the identity of the wireless carrier network.
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49 Claims
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1. A method for providing upload security, comprising:
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identifying a mobile device used by a sender of an upload message destined to a user, in response to a server receiving the upload message from the mobile device via a network;
accessing, in the server, opt-in parameters predetermined by the user, the opt-in parameters including the identity of mobile devices that are authorized by the user to upload data to an account on the server associated with the user;
determining if the identity of the mobile device used by the sender is included in the opt-in parameters; and
if so, allowing upload of content from the upload message to the account associated with the user, otherwise blocking the upload. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer readable medium embodying a computer program with program code for providing upload security, comprising:
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program code for identifying a mobile device used by the sender of an upload message, in response to a server receiving from a mobile device via a network the upload message which is destined to a user;
program code for accessing in the server opt-in parameters predetermined by the user, the opt-in parameters including the identity of mobile devices that are authorized by the user to upload data to an account on the server associated with the user;
program code for determining if the identity of the mobile device used by the sender is included in the opt-in parameters; and
program code for authorizing upload of content from the upload message to the account associated with the user if the identity of the mobile device is included, otherwise blocking the upload. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A system for providing upload security, comprising:
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a server with a processor and a memory embodying a server-side program as a portion of a computer application;
a plurality of mobile devices communicatively linked with the server;
wherein the server-side program includes program code for causing the processor in the server to perform steps, including;
identifying one of the plurality of mobile devices used by a sender of an upload message destined to a user, in response to the server receiving from such mobile the upload message;
accessing in the server opt-in parameters predetermined by the user, the opt-in parameters including the identity of mobile devices that are authorized by the user to upload data to an account on the server associated with the user;
determining if the identity of the mobile device used by the sender is included in the opt-in parameters; and
authorizing upload of content from the upload message to the account associated with the user if the identity is of the mobile device is included, otherwise blocking the upload. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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