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Methods and apparatus to verify the identity of a cellular mobile phone

  • US 5,457,737 A
  • Filed: 12/28/1993
  • Issued: 10/10/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for a base station in a wireless-based communications system to automatically verify the identity of a mobile phone prior to connecting a requested wireless call, the method comprising the steps of:

  • (a) receiving a request by the mobile phone to the base station to connect a wireless call;

    (b) transmitting in response to the request a unique interrogation address from the base station to the mobile phone;

    (c) fetching from memory in the base station an expected code word, the expected code word residing at the location specified by the unique interrogation address;

    (d) fetching from memory in the mobile phone a unique code word, the unique code word residing at the location specified by the unique interrogation address;

    (e) transmitting the unique code word from the mobile phone to the base station;

    (f) verifying that the expected code word fetched from the base station memory is the same as the unique code word received from the mobile phone;

    (g) connecting the requested wireless call only when the code words are the same; and

    (h) denying the requested wireless call when the code words are not the same.

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