Dynamic Processing of Virtual Identities for Mobile Communications Devices
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1. A method for delivering a communication from a virtual identity for a mobile communications device to a recipient device, the method comprising:
- receiving a communication from the mobile device, the communication including a virtual identity code;
determining a virtual identity for the mobile device based on the virtual identity code and on a primary authentication mechanism of the mobile device to a mobile network;
dynamically modifying the communication to include the virtual identity; and
delivering the modified communication to the recipient device.
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Abstract
Virtual identities are created, where the virtual identities correspond to the primary identity of a mobile communications device or are based on the authentication of a mobile communications device. In this way, the same mobile device can send communications from different identities (e.g., different phone numbers) and/or receive communications at different identities. In one implementation, a virtual identity platform includes an identity database that makes associations between virtual identities and primary identities.
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29 Claims
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1. A method for delivering a communication from a virtual identity for a mobile communications device to a recipient device, the method comprising:
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receiving a communication from the mobile device, the communication including a virtual identity code;
determining a virtual identity for the mobile device based on the virtual identity code and on a primary authentication mechanism of the mobile device to a mobile network;
dynamically modifying the communication to include the virtual identity; and
delivering the modified communication to the recipient device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for delivering a communication from a sender device to a virtual identity for a mobile communications device, the method comprising:
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receiving a communication addressed to a virtual identity for the mobile device;
determining a primary identity for the mobile device;
dynamically modifying the communication to be addressed to the primary identity; and
delivering the modified communication to the primary identity. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A computer readable medium containing software instructions to cause a processor system to execute a method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a communication from the mobile device, the communication including a virtual identity code;
determining a virtual identity for the mobile device based on the virtual identity code and on a primary authentication mechanism of the mobile device to a mobile network;
dynamically modifying the communication to include the virtual identity; and
delivering the modified communication to the recipient device.
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29. A virtual identity platform comprising:
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a network service node within a mobile network, for receiving a communication from a mobile communications device attached to the mobile network, the communication including a virtual identity code; and
an identity database accessible by the network service node, the identity database mapping virtual identities to a primary authentication mechanism for the mobile network, the network service node determining a virtual identity for the mobile device based on the virtual identity code and on the primary authentication mechanism and dynamically modifying the communication to include the virtual identity.
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