SYSTEM AND METHOD OF VERIFYING A NUMBER OF A MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20130139231A1
• Filed: 11/25/2011
• Published: 05/30/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Synchronoss Technologies Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Synchronoss Technologies Incorporated
• Inventors: Singh, Sumeet Sohan
• Granted Patent: US 8,959,604 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/6
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/00 Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/43 wireless channels
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/44 Program or device authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2129 Authenticate client device independently of the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2137 Time limited access, e.g. to a computer or data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/16 Obfuscation or hiding, e.g. involving white box
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/123 received data contents, e.g. message integrity
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/10 Integrity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/61 Time-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A client device is coupled with a server. The client device prompts a user to enter a number associated with a mobile device, which can be the client device, and generates data including a code. The code is typically hidden from the user when the code is generated and is saved on the client device. The client device transmits the number entered by the user and the code generated by the client device to the server, which sends a message, including the code, to the mobile device associated with the number. The client device prompts the user to enter the code included in the message. Validity of the number is based on one or more factors, including the accuracy of the code entered by the user. In addition, validity of the number can also be based on whether the second user input was entered within a predetermined time limit.

Claims

1. A client device comprising:

a. a processor; and

b. an application executed by the processor, the application for;

1. generating data including a code;

2. transmitting the code and a first input entered by a user to a server configured to send the code to a device associated with the first input;

3. obtaining a second input entered by the user; and

4. determining validity of the first input.

2. The client device of claim 1, wherein the first input includes a number associated with a mobile terminal.

3. The client device of claim 1, wherein the client device is the device associated with the first input.

4. The client device of claim 1, wherein the client device is one of a network-enabled device and a wireless communication device.

5. The client device of claim 1, wherein the code comprises a random alphanumeric string.

6. The client device of claim 1, wherein the code is unknown to the user when the code is generated.

7. The client device of claim 1, wherein the application is also for saving the data generated and a first date and time stamp, wherein the first date and time stamp is associated with the time of transmission of the code and the first input entered by the user to the server.

8. The client device of claim 7, wherein determining validity of the first input includes comparing the second input with the code.

9. The client device of claim 8, wherein determining validity of the first input further includes comparing a second date and time stamp with the first date and time stamp, wherein the second date and time stamp is associated with when the second input is obtained.

10. The client device of claim 1, further comprising, before generating data including a code, prompting the user to enter a number associated with a mobile terminal and obtaining the first input entered by the user.

11. The client device of claim 1, further comprising, before obtaining a second input entered by the user, prompting the user to enter a code displayed on the device.

12. The client device of claim 1, wherein the application is also for saving the first input and communicating with another server that the first input has been verified.

13. A client device comprising a circuit configured to:

a. generate data including a code hidden from a user of the client device;

b. generate a transmission data stream, including the code and a first user input, to be transmitted to a server configured to send the code to a device associated with the first user input;

c. obtain a second user input; and

d. determine validity of the first input based on at least one factor including accuracy of the second user input.

14. The client device of claim 13, wherein the client device is the device associated with the first user input.

15. The client device of claim 13, wherein the second user input is obtained after the device associated with the first user input receives the code from the server.

16. The client device of claim 13, wherein the at least one factor also includes whether the second user input was obtained within a predetermined time limit.

17. The client device of claim 13, wherein the circuit is also configured to receive the data stream from the server, wherein the data stream from the server includes the code.

18. A system for verifying a mobile number, the system comprising:

a. a network;

b. at least one server communicatively coupled to the network; and

c. at least one client device communicatively coupled to the network, wherein each client device is configured to;

1. generate data including a code hidden from a user of the client device;

2. transmit a first data stream, including the code and a first user input, to one of the at least one server;

3. obtain a second user input; and

4. determine validity of the first user input based on at least one factor including accuracy of the second user input.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the one of the at least one server is an echo server.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the one of the at least one server is configured to send a descriptive message to the client device.

21. The system of claim 18, wherein the client device is also configured to:

a. receive a second data stream, including the code, from the one of the at least one server;

b. display the code received from the one of the at least one server; and

c. prompt the user to enter the code displayed on the client device.