Apparatus for securely transmitting/receiving contents in mobile communication network and method thereof

• US 7,899,440 B2
• Filed: 10/03/2006
• Issued: 03/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Eun-Jung
• Primary Examiner(s): Appiah; Charles N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hwang; Stamford
• Application Number:
  US11/541,720
• Publication Number:
  US 20070077917A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,610 Days
• Field of Search: 455/410, 455/411, 455/247, 455/550.1, 455/556.2, 455/466, 455/518, 380/247, 370/328, 370/349, 370/496, 370/522, 713/168, 379/189, 726/136
• US Class Current: 455/410
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals to and from another mobile terminal, a security parameter module configured to set a security parameter in data to be transmitted to the another mobile terminal and to detect whether or not the security parameter is set in data received from the another mobile terminal, and a checking module configured to compare information related to the mobile terminal and the another mobile.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals to and from at least one other mobile terminal;

an input unit configured to input an address of said at least one other mobile terminal and to input a message to be transmitted to said at least one other mobile terminal;

a security parameter module included on the mobile terminal and configured to set a security option when predetermined information is included in the message and to set a security parameter in data of the message to be transmitted to said at least one other mobile terminal; and

a checking module included on the mobile terminal and configured to check whether or not an address of the at least one other mobile terminal, which transmits the signals to the mobile terminal, is included in an address list of the mobile terminal that receives the signals when the security option is turned on,

wherein when the mobile terminal transmits the data to said at least one other mobile terminal, the security parameter module determines whether or not the security option is turned on, and sets the security parameter in the data to be transmitted when the security option is on and does not set the security parameter in the data to be transmitted when the security option is not on, and

wherein after the security parameter module determines the security option is on, the checking module included on the mobile terminal prevents the message from being transmitted to said at least one other mobile terminal when the input address of the at least one other mobile terminal is not included in the address list of the mobile terminal.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the predetermined information includes a residence, a registration number, credit card information or a password.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when the checking module determines the input address of the at least one other mobile terminal is included in the address list of the mobile terminal, the data is transmitted to the at least one other mobile terminal.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

an authentication module configured to request authentication from the mobile terminal or the at least one other mobile terminal.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein when the mobile terminal receives data from the at least one other mobile terminal and the security parameter module detects the security parameter is set in the received data, the authentication module requests authentication from the mobile terminal that it is ok to receive the data.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein when the mobile terminal transmits data to the at least one other mobile terminal and the security parameter module detects the security parameter is set in the data to be transmitted, the authentication module requests authentication from the at least one other mobile terminal that it is ok to transmit the data to the at least one other mobile terminal.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when the mobile terminal transmits data to the at least one other mobile terminal and the security parameter module determines the security parameter in the data to be transmitted is not set, the checking module certifies profiles of the at least one other mobile terminal and the mobile terminal to determine if the security parameter should be set.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 4, further comprising:

a control processor configured to control the transceiver, the security parameter module, the checking module and the authenticating module.

9. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

inputting, via an input unit included on the mobile terminal, an address of at least one other mobile terminal and a message to be transmitted to said at least one other mobile terminal;

setting, via a security parameter module included on the mobile terminal, a security option when predetermined information is included in the message;

setting, via the security parameter module, a security parameter in data of the message to be transmitted to said at least one other mobile terminal;

checking, via a checking module included on the mobile terminal, whether or not an address of the at least one other mobile terminal, which transmits signals to the mobile terminal, is included in an address list of the mobile terminal, which receives the signals when the security option is turned on;

when the mobile terminal transmits the data of the message to said at least one other mobile terminal, determining whether or not the security option is turned on, and setting the security parameter in the data to be transmitted when the security option is on and not setting the security parameter in the data to be transmitted when the security option is not on; and

when the security option is on, preventing the message from being transmitted to said at least one other mobile terminal when the input address of the at least one other mobile terminal is not included in the address list of the mobile terminal.

10. The mobile terminal method of claim 9, wherein the predetermined information includes a residence, a registration number, credit card information or a password.

11. The mobile terminal method of claim 9, wherein when the comparing step determines the input address of the at least one other mobile terminal is included in the address list of the mobile terminal, the data is transmitted to the at least one other mobile terminal.

12. The mobile terminal method of claim 9, further comprising:

requesting authentication from the either the mobile terminal or the at least one other mobile terminal.

13. The mobile terminal method of claim 12, wherein when the mobile terminal transmits data to the at least one other mobile terminal and the detecting step detects the security parameter is set in the data to be transmitted, the requesting step requests authentication from the at least one other mobile terminal that it is ok to transmit the data to the at least one other mobile terminal.

14. The mobile terminal method of claim 9, wherein when the mobile terminal transmits data to the at least one other mobile terminal and the detecting step determines the security parameter in the data to be transmitted is not set, the comparing step certifies profiles of the mobile terminal and the at least one other mobile terminal to determine if the security parameter should be set.