Enhanced Manageability in Wireless Data Communication Systems

• US 20120190341A1
• Filed: 04/02/2012
• Published: 07/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Jasper Wireless, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Gupta, Amit, Keller, Carl, Mohammed, Jahangir, Kumar, Suparna
• Granted Patent: US 8,644,840 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/411
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/26 at least one of which is mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0853 using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/71 Hardware identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/72 Subscriber identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

A cellular network system comprises a device identifier comparator and a connection enable indicator. A device identifier comparator for comparing a received device identifier with one of a plurality of stored device identifiers, wherein the one of the stored plurality of stored device identifiers is associated with a stored subscriber identifier. A connection enable indicator for indicating whether a connection from a cellular device associated with the received device identifier to a data network associated with the cellular network system should be enabled.

Claims

1. A cellular network system, comprising:

a device identifier comparator for comparing a received device identifier with one of a plurality of stored device identifiers, wherein the one of the stored plurality of stored device s identifiers is associated with a stored subscriber identifier; and

a connection enable indicator for indicating whether a connection from a cellular device associated with the received device identifier to a data network associated with the cellular network system should be enabled.

2. A cellular network system as in claim 1, wherein the received device identifier is based at least in part on information in a username field.

3. A cellular network system as in claim 1, wherein the received device identifier is based at least in part on information in a password field.

4. A cellular network system as in claim 1, wherein the received device identifier is associated with a received subscriber identifier.

5. A cellular network system as in claim 4, wherein the received subscriber identifier is based at least in part on information in a username field.

6. A cellular network system as in claim 4, wherein the received subscriber identifier is based at least in part on information in a password field.

7. A cellular network system as in claim 4, wherein the received subscriber identifier is encoded.

8. A cellular network system as in claim 1, wherein the device identifier comparator determines one of the following:

that the received device identifier is the same as the one of the plurality of stored device identifiers or that the received device identifier is not the same as the one of the plurality of stored device identifiers.

9. A cellular network system as in claim 8, wherein the connection enable indicator indicates the connection should be enabled based at least in part on the determination of the device identifier comparator.

10. A cellular network system as in claim 8, wherein the connection enable indicator indicates the connection should be enabled based at least in part on a set of rules.

11. A cellular network system as in claim 10, wherein the set of rules indicates whether a received device identifier is to be stored.

12. A cellular network system as in claim 10, wherein the set of rules indicates whether a received device identifier is not to be stored.

13. A cellular network system as in claim 10, wherein the set of rules indicates whether a storing of a received device identifier is to be logged.

14. A cellular network system as in claim 10, wherein the set of rules indicates whether a storing of a received device identifier is not to be logged.

15. A cellular network system as in claim 10, wherein the set of rules indicates whether the connection is to be allowed.

16. A cellular network system as in claim 10, wherein the set of rules indicates whether the connection is to be denied.

17. A cellular network system as in claim 10, wherein the set of rules indicates whether the allowance of the connection is to be logged.

18. A cellular network system as in claim 10, wherein the set of rules indicates whether the denial of the connection is to be logged.

19. A cellular network system as in claim 10, wherein the set of rules indicates whether a received device identifier is whether an alert is to be sent.

20. A cellular network system as in claim 10, wherein the set of rules indicates whether an alert is to be logged.