Duplicate mobile device PIN detection and elimination
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for detecting and eliminating duplicate wireless mobile communications device identifiers stored in user administration records associated with a server system, each of the user administration records including a wireless mobile communications device activation time, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving, at the server, information for registering a user account for a wireless mobile communications device; and
while the user account is pending to the server, wherein the user account is pending to the server when a corresponding user administration record has been added to the server but the wireless communication device has not been connected to a host system or network workstation to download required routing information, performing the steps of;
checking the identifier of the wireless mobile communications device stored in the user administration record against other existing user administration records to detect duplicate identifiers associated with different account holders; and
if a duplicate of the identifier is detected in one of the other existing user administration records, then comparing the activation time in the user administration record with the activation time in the one of the other existing user administration records, and resetting the identifier in the user administration record or the one of the other existing user administration records based on a result of the comparison of the activation times.
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Abstract
A method and system for detecting and eliminating duplicate wireless mobile communications device Personal Identification Numbers (PINs) stored in user administration records associated with a server system is disclosed. The PIN of a wireless mobile communications device stored in a user administration record is checked against other existing user administration records, and if a duplicate of the PIN is detected, the PIN in one of the user administration records is reset. Duplicate PIN detection and elimination operations are preferably performed each time a new user administration record is created but may possibly be performed in response to selection of a particular user account, PIN or user administration record.
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13 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for detecting and eliminating duplicate wireless mobile communications device identifiers stored in user administration records associated with a server system, each of the user administration records including a wireless mobile communications device activation time, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving, at the server, information for registering a user account for a wireless mobile communications device; and while the user account is pending to the server, wherein the user account is pending to the server when a corresponding user administration record has been added to the server but the wireless communication device has not been connected to a host system or network workstation to download required routing information, performing the steps of; checking the identifier of the wireless mobile communications device stored in the user administration record against other existing user administration records to detect duplicate identifiers associated with different account holders; and if a duplicate of the identifier is detected in one of the other existing user administration records, then comparing the activation time in the user administration record with the activation time in the one of the other existing user administration records, and resetting the identifier in the user administration record or the one of the other existing user administration records based on a result of the comparison of the activation times. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system for detecting and eliminating duplicate wireless mobile communications device identifiers in a communication system, comprising:
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a data store configured to store user administration records, each user administration record being adapted to include a identifier and each of the user administration records including a wireless mobile communications device activation time; and a server system configured to; receive information for registering a user account for a wireless mobile communications device, and while the user account is pending to the server, detect whether or not a identifier stored in the user administration record in the data store occurs in any other user administration record in the data store for a different account holder, and if so, to compare the activation time in the user administration record with the activation time in the one of the other user administration records, and reset the identifier in the user administration record or the one of the other user administration records based on a result of the comparison of the activation times, wherein the user account is pending to the server when a corresponding user administration record has been added to the server but the wireless communication device has not been connected to a host system or network workstation to download required routing information. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer implemented method for detecting and eliminating duplicate wireless mobile communications device Personal Identification Numbers (PINs) stored in user administration records associated with a server system, each of the user administration records including a wireless mobile communications device activation time, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving configuration information for a new user account, the configuration information including a new user PIN; determining whether the user account is pending to the server, wherein the user account is pending to the server when a corresponding new user administration record has been added to the server, but the new user has not yet connected the wireless mobile communications device to a host system or network workstation to download required routing information; checking the new user PIN with a list of registered user accounts; determining whether a duplicate PIN exists for an existing user account while the new user account is pending to the server, and if so, whether both user accounts are activated; if no duplicate PIN exists or if both new and existing user accounts are not activated, then adding the new user account to the registered list; if the duplicate PIN for the existing user account exists and both new user and existing user accounts are activated, then determining the most recently activated user account, and setting the PIN of the user account that is not the most recently activated to zero and notifying an administrator of the setting of the PIN to zero. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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