METHOD OF COMPILING A LIST OF IDENTIFIERS ASSOCIATED WITH A MOBILE DEVICE USER

• US 20090325558A1
• Filed: 07/17/2006
• Published: 12/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mmi Research Ltd. (Cobham PLC)
• Original Assignee: Mmi Research Ltd. (Cobham PLC)
• Inventors: MARTIN, Paul Maxwell, TIMSON, Anthony Richard, PRIDMORE, Andrew Paul
• Application Number:
  US11/996,224
• Publication Number:
  US 20090325558A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/415
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/30 for supporting lawful interception, monitoring or retaining of communications or communication related information circuit switched telephony call monitoring H04M3/2281
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/2281 Call monitoring, e.g. for law enforcement purposes; Call tracing; Detection or prevention of malicious calls
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/71 Hardware identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/72 Subscriber identity

Abstract

A method of compiling a list of IDs associated with a mobile device user, the method including the steps of: a) identifying and recording a first subscriber ID and a first device ID; b) using one of the first IDs as a key to identify one or more second IDs, each of which has been associated with the key in a mobile device communication; and c) recording the second ID(s).

Claims

1. A method of compiling a list of IDs associated with a mobile device user, the method including the steps of:

a) identifying and recording a first subscriber ID and a first device ID;

b) using one of the first IDs as a key to identify one or more second IDs, each of which has been associated with the key in a mobile device communication;

a

c) recording the second ID(s);

d) using one of the second IDs as a key to identify one or more third IDs, each of which has been associated with the second ID in a mobile device communication; and

e) recording the third TD(s).

3. A method according to claim 1, further comprising displaying the first IDs and/or the second ID(s).

4. A method according to claim 1, further comprising displaying a network of subscriber IDs and device IDs, the network including links indicative of associations between the IDs.

5. A method of tracking a user comprising compiling a list of IDs by a method according to claim 1;

and

monitoring for the reception of any of the recorded device IDs or subscriber IDs.

2. (canceled)

6. A search engine configured to:

a) use a first subscriber ID or a first device ID as a key to identify one or more second IDs, each of which has been associated with the key in a mobile device communication; and

b) record the second ID(s);

c) use one of the second IDs as a key to identify one or more third IDs, each of which has been associated with the second ID in a mobile device communication; and

d) record the third ID(s).

7. Apparatus for compiling a list of IDs associated with a mobile device users the apparatus including:

a) a storage device for recording a first subscriber ID and a first device ID; and

b) a processor configured to use one of the first IDs as a key to identify one or more second IDs, each of which has been associated with the key in a mobile device communication, and further configured to use one of the second ID as a key to identify one or more third IDs, each of which has been associated with the second ID in a mobile device communication.