METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VERIFYING A DEVICE DURING PROVISIONING THROUGH CALLER ID

• US 20150050914A1
• Filed: 08/13/2013
• Published: 02/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Vonage America Incorporated (Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson)
• Original Assignee: Vonage Network LLC (Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson)
• Inventors: Bianco, Itay, Efrati, Tzahi, Sterman, Baruch, Machlin, Sagie, Mintz, Ido
• Application Number:
  US13/965,433
• Publication Number:
  US 20150050914A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/411
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0876 based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/04 Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/126 Anti-theft arrangements, e.g. protection against subscriber identity module [SIM] cloning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/35 Protecting application or service provisioning, e.g. securing SIM application provisioning

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for verifying an end-user device during provisioning using caller ID (CID) are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for verifying an end-user device during provisioning using CID may include receiving a first CID from the end-user device, associating a validation key with the first CID, sending a first signaling message to the end-user device including the validation key, receiving a second signaling message from the end-user device that includes a second CID, and performing a verification analysis of the end-user device using the second CID and the validation key.

Claims

1. A method for verifying an end-user device during provisioning using caller ID (CID) comprising:

receiving a first CID from the end-user device;

associating a validation key with the first CID;

sending a first signaling message to the end-user device including the validation key;

receiving a second signaling message from the end-user device that includes a second CID; and

performing a verification analysis of the end-user device using the second CID and the validation key.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first CID is one of a telephone number or an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the end-user device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first signaling message is a call request to establish a telecommunication session using the first CID received.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second signaling messages are each one of a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) message, a Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS), a Signaling System 7 (SS7) message, or a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the validation key is stored in a database in association with the first CID.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the validation key included in the first signaling message is encrypted.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the verification analysis performed includes:

comparing the validation key with the second CID; and

determining that the end-user device is verified when the validation key and the second CID match.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein determining that the end-user device is verified causes a mobile app on the end-user device to be provisioned to allow the mobile app to access telecommunication services of a telecommunication service provider.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the telecommunication service provider is a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service provider, and wherein the mobile app is a VoIP mobile app.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

sending the end-user device an indication that the end-user device has been provisioned to access the telecommunication services of the telecommunication service provider.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the verification analysis performed includes:

comparing the validation key with the second CID; and

determining that the end-user device is not verified when the validation key and the second CID do not match.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

sending the end-user device an indication that the end-user device has not been verified and/or provisioned to access telecommunication services of a telecommunication service provider.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the end-user will be prohibited from using the telecommunication services of the telecommunication service provider.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the validation key is appended to another caller identifier value and stored in a CID field of the first signaling message.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the verification analysis performed includes:

comparing the validation key with a portion of the second CID; and

determining that the end-user device is verified when the validation key and the portion of the second CID match.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the first signaling message is an SMS message directed to the first CID received, and wherein the validation key is stored in a CID field of the SMS message.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein second signaling message is a second SMS message, and wherein the second CID is stored in a CID field of the second SMS message.

18. A method verifying an end-user device during provisioning using caller ID (CID) comprising:

sending a first CID to a telecommunication service provider;

receiving a first signaling message including a validation key associated with the first CID;

extracting the validation key from the first signaling message; and

sending a second signaling message to the telecommunication service provider, wherein the validation key is included in a CID field in the second signaling message.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the first CID is one of a telephone number or an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the end-user device.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the first CID is received via manual entry by an end-user in response to a request to provide CID information.

21. The method of claim 18, the first CID is obtained via at least one Application Programming Interface (API) call to an operating system running on the end-user device.

22. The method of claim 18, wherein the first signaling message is a call request to establish a telecommunication session.

23. The method of claim 18, wherein the first and second signaling messages are each one of a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) message, a Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS), a Signaling System 7 (SS7) message, or a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message.

24. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

receiving an indication that a mobile app on the end-user device has been provisioned to access telecommunication services of the telecommunication service provider.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the telecommunication service provider is a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service provider, and wherein the mobile app is a VoIP mobile app.

26. The method of claim 18, wherein the validation key is extracted from a CID field of the first signaling message.