Method for limiting conveyance information of user profile within mobile Internet transactions

• US 7,120,695 B2
• Filed: 08/23/2001
• Issued: 10/10/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Fischer-Hübner, Simone, Nilsson, Mikael, Lindskog, Helena
• Primary Examiner(s): Najjar, Saleh
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bates, Kevin T
• Application Number:
  US09/938,085
• Publication Number:
  US 20030041100A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,874 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/200, 709/223, 709/227, 709/228, 709/232, 713/156, 707/9
• US Class Current: 709/228
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/2871 Implementation details of single intermediate entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A system and method for contacting the origin server from a user comprises the steps of generating a minimal user profile for the user that is stored at a node associated with the user, said minimal user profile containing user designated CPI. A connection is established from the node to an origin server using the minimal user profile, and a determination is made if the privacy profile of the origin server meets the privacy preferences of the user. If so, a second user profile containing a more detailed CPI is provided to the origin server.

Claims

1. A method in a wireless communications system for connecting to a website on the Internet, the method comprising the steps of:

a mobile user defining a first user profile for transmission between the mobile user and the website, the website comprising an origin server, the user, said first user profile containing user designated Capabilities and Preferences Information (CPI), wherein said user designated CPI includes only CPI the user consents to disclose to possibly untrustworthy websites;

the user establishing a connection with the origin server using the first user profile;

determining if a privacy policy of the origin server meets privacy preferences of the user; and

providing a second user profile, containing more CPI, to the origin server if the privacy policy of the origin server meets the privacy preferences of the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of establishing further comprises the steps of:

establishing a WSP session with a WAP gateway using the first user profile; and

caching the first user profile within the WAP gateway.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining further comprises the steps of:

requesting a policy reference file and a privacy policy from the origin server;

receiving the policy reference file and the privacy policy from the origin server; and

comparing the privacy policy of the origin server with the privacy preferences of the user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of providing further comprises the step of providing the second user profile in each request to the origin server.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of providing further comprises the steps of:

providing the second user profile to a WAP gateway;

caching the second user profile at the WAP gateway; and

attaching the second user profile to all requests received from the user and forwarded to the origin server.

6. A method in a wireless communications system for connecting to a website on the Internet, the method comprising the steps of:

a mobile user defining a first user profile for the user, said first user profile containing user designated CPI;

establishing a WSP session with a WAP gateway using the first user profile;

caching the first user profile within the WAP gateway;

the mobile user establishing a connection with the origin server using the first user profile;

determining if a privacy policy of the origin server meets privacy preferences of the user using the first user profile; and

providing a second user profile containing more CPI in each subsequent request to the origin server if the privacy policy of the origin server meets the privacy preferences of the user.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the step of determining further comprises the steps of:

requesting a policy reference file and a privacy policy from the origin server using the first user profile;

receiving the policy reference file and the privacy policy from the origin server; and

comparing the privacy policy of the origin server with the privacy preferences of the user.

8. A method in a wireless communications system for connecting to a website on the Internet, comprising the steps of:

a mobile user defining a first user profile for the user, said first user profile containing user designated CPI, including only the CPI the user consents to reveal to possibly untrustworthy websites;

establishing a WSP session with a WAP gateway using the first user profile;

caching the first user profile within the WAP gateway;

establishing a connection with an origin server connected to the website using the first user profile;

requesting a policy reference file and a privacy policy from the origin server using the first user profile;

receiving the policy reference file and the privacy policy from the origin server;

comparing the privacy policy of the origin server with the privacy preferences of the user to determine if a privacy policy of the origin server meets privacy preferences of the user;

providing a second user profile to a WAP gateway if the privacy policy of the origin server meets the privacy preferences of the user, wherein the second user profile contains more CPI than the first user profile;

caching the second user profile at the WAP gateway; and

attaching the second user profile to all requests received from the user and forwarded to the origin server.

9. A wireless communications node associated with a mobile user, the node comprising:

a first user profile defined by the mobile user containing only user designated CPI the mobile user consents to reveal to possibly untrustworthy websites;

the mobile user defining a second user profile containing more CPI;

control logic for use by the wireless communications node for providing the first user profile to establish an initial connection to an origin server and for providing the second user profile to the origin server if the privacy policy of the origin server meets the privacy preferences of the user.

10. The wireless communications node of claim 9, wherein the control logic requests the privacy policy of the origin server.

11. The wireless communications node of claim 10, wherein the control logic compares the privacy policy of the origin server with the privacy preferences of the user.

12. The wireless communications node of claim 9, wherein the control logic attaches the second user profile to each request toward the origin server if the privacy policy of the origin server meets the privacy preferences of the user.

13. The wireless communications node of claim 9, wherein the control logic forwards the second user profile for caching at a WAP gateway if the privacy policy of the origin server meets the privacy preferences of the user.

14. A wireless communication node in communication with a mobile user, the wireless communication node comprising:

means for storing a first user profile, defined by the user and containing only user designated CPI that the user consents to reveal to possibly untrustworthy websites;

means for storing a second user profile, defined by the user and containing more CPI;

means for providing the first user profile to establish an initial connection to a website on the Internet, the website comprising an origin server, and for providing the second user profile the origin server if the privacy policy of the origin server meets the privacy preferences of the user.

15. The wireless communication node of claim 14, further comprises a means for providing control logic for requesting the privacy policy of the origin server.

16. The wireless communications node of claim 15, wherein the means for providing further compares the privacy policy of the origin server with the privacy preferences of the user.

17. The wireless communications node of claim 14, wherein the means for providing attaches the second user profile to each request toward the origin server if the privacy policy of the origin server meets the privacy preferences of the user.

18. The wireless communications node of claim 14, wherein the means for providing forwards the second user profile for caching at a WAP gateway if the privacy policy of the origin server meets the privacy preferences of the user.