Mobile device service authorization system and method

• US 20080020738A1
• Filed: 07/19/2006
• Published: 01/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: MSpot Inc (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Wai, King Sun, Ho, Edwin
• Granted Patent: US 9,008,620 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/18 using different networks or channels, e.g. using out of band channels cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key distribution involving distinctive intermediate devices or communication paths H04L9/0827; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for authentication using a plurality of channels H04L9/3215
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/084 using delegated authorisation, e.g. open authorisation [OAuth] protocol
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support

Abstract

A system and method for mobile device service authorization is provided in which the service is authorized with limited user actions. The mobile device service authorization system uses to separate links to perform the service authorization.

Claims

1. A system for authorizing a service for a mobile device, comprising:

an authorization unit coupled to a mobile device by the link that can authorize a request of the mobile device for a mobile device service over a link wherein the request includes a unique identifier of the mobile device and a phone number of the mobile device wherein the authorization unit stores a unique token that is associated with the unique identifier of the mobile device and communicates the unique token to the mobile device over a different link than the mobile device request; and

an application resident on the mobile, device that receives the unique token and returns the unique token to the authorization unit without user action in order to authorize the mobile device service.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the service further comprises one of a television content delivery service, radio content delivery service, a sports information delivery service, a video delivery service and a music delivery service.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the link further comprises a first type of network and the different link further comprises a second type of network.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the first type of network is an IP network and the second type of network is a short message system network having a gateway.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the unique identifier of the mobile device further comprises an IP address of the mobile device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the authorization unit further comprises a server computer that executes an authorization application.

7. The system of claim 1 further comprising a mobile device that requests the mobile device service over the link.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the mobile device further comprises one of a processing unit-based device with sufficient processing power, memory, display and connectivity capabilities to execute the application and receives messages over the first link, a personal digital assistant device, a laptop computer, a mobile phone, a wireless email device and an Internet appliance.

9. A method for authorizing a mobile device service, the method comprising:

receiving a request for a service from a mobile device, the request including a unique identifier of the mobile device and a phone number of the mobile device;

storing a unique token in a storage unit for the mobile device request wherein the unique token is associated with unique identifier of the mobile device;

sending, via an authorization unit, a message containing the unique token to the mobile device using the phone number of the mobile device;

communicating, from the mobile device, the unique token back to the authorization unit without user action; and

authorizing the service for the mobile device when the communicated unique token matches the unique token stored in the storage unit.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the service further comprises one of a radio content delivery service, a sports information delivery service, a video delivery service and a music delivery service.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein receiving the request for the service further comprises receiving the request for the service over a first type of network.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein sending the message further comprises sending the message over a second type of network.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the first type of network is an IP network and the second type of network is a short message system network having a gateway.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the unique identifier of the mobile device further comprises an IP address of the mobile device.

15. A method for authorizing a mobile device service, the method comprising:

determining an address of a mobile device that requests a mobile device service using a first link; and

authorizing the mobile device service over a second link having a different protocol from the first link wherein the mobile device service is authorized based on the determined address of the mobile device.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein determining the address of the mobile device further comprises the mobile device sending a message to the same mobile device over the link to determine the address of the mobile device.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein determining the address of the mobile device further comprises sending a request message over the second link from the mobile device to the authorization unit wherein the request includes a unique identifier of the mobile device and a phone number of the mobile device, sending a message from the authorization unit to the mobile device that includes the phone number of the mobile device.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein authorizing the mobile device service over a second link further comprises storing a unique token in a storage unit for the mobile device request wherein the unique token is associated with unique identifier of the mobile device, sending, via an authorization unit, a message containing the unique token to the mobile device using the phone number of the mobile device, communicating, from the mobile device, the unique token back to the authorization unit without user action and authorizing the service for the mobile device when the communicated unique token matches the unique token stored in the storage unit.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein authorizing the mobile device service over a second link further comprises communicating the address of the mobile device from the mobile device to an authorization unit and authorizing the service for the mobile device based on the communicated address of the mobile device.