Authorised data recording

• US 9,003,495 B2
• Filed: 01/21/2011
• Issued: 04/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Cassidian Finland OY
• Original Assignee: Cassidian Finland OY
• Inventors: Jokinen, Vesa-Matti
• Primary Examiner(s): Hirl, Joseph P
• Assistant Examiner(s): BELL, KALISH K
• Application Number:
  US13/574,872
• Publication Number:
  US 20120304258A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,537 Days
• Field of Search: 726/4, 726/10, 726/29, 709/203, 709/219
• US Class Current: 726/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6209 to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope, encrypted and accessed using a key, or with access control rules appended to the object itself
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]

Abstract

To facilitate recording of data received from a non-trusted source entity, a trusted source entity, for example a user terminal or a user interface, sends to an operational center an authorization message authorizing the non-trusted source entity to send specific information messages. In response to the authorization message, the operational center creates an automatically verifiable authorization condition. When an information message arrives to the operational center, it checks, whether the message fulfills the condition, and if yes, records the data.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving in an operational center of a communication system, an authorization message from a trusted source entity, the authorization message authorizing one or more information messages from one or more non-trusted source entities to the operational center;

in response to the authorization message, creating in the operational center an automatically verifiable authorization condition that tests positively for the one or more information messages;

sending, after creating the automatically verifiable authorization condition, a message to a non-trusted source entity for triggering a transmission of the information messages to the operational center, wherein the message to the non-trusted source entity comprises an invitation to transmit an information message to a defined messaging number of the operational center;

in response to an information message received from the non-trusted source entity, checking in the operational center, whether the automatically verifiable authorization condition is met;

when the automatically verifiable authorization condition is met, recording information from the information message as operational data of the operational center;

receiving the authorization for the one or more information messages in an authorization message with a predefined field format;

extracting at least one information element from a data field of the authorization message;

extracting at least one information element from an information message that met the automatically verifiable authorization condition created in response to the authorization message; and

compiling an operational data record comprising the at least one information element from the authorization message and the at least one information element from the information message that met the automatically verifiable authorization condition,

wherein at least one of the creating and checking in the operational center is performed by computer equipment,

wherein the messaging number is a number dedicated to operational center messaging, and

in the operational center;

generating, in response to the authorization message, an event reference; and

using the event reference in the automatically verifiable authorization condition.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

storing the operational data record into an operational database, accessible to the operational center,

sending the operational data record to a user terminal interconnected with the operational center, or

both storing the operational data record into an operational database, accessible to the operational center, and sending the operational data record to a user terminal interconnected with the operational center.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving in the authorization message a subscriber identity of a user terminal that is a non-trusted source entity; and

using the subscriber identity of the user terminal in the automatically verifiable authorization condition.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

requiring a specific authorization in the operational center before information elements of any information message from the non-trusted source entity may be used as operational data.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the message to the non-trusted source entity comprises an invitation to transmit a specific number of information messages from a specific cellular phone number to a defined messaging number of the operational center.

5. A network node, comprising:

means for providing services of an operational center;

means for interconnecting the operational center with source entities, the source entities comprising trusted source entities and non-trusted source entities;

means for recording information from an information message received from a non-trusted source entity as operational data of the operational center only in response to a specific authorization in the operational center;

means for designating at least one of the trusted source entities as an authorizing entity;

means for receiving an authorization message, the authorization message authorizing one or more information messages from one or more non-trusted source entities to the operational center;

means for creating, in response to the authorization message, an automatically verifiable authorization condition that tests positively for the one or more information messages;

means for sending, after creating the automatically verifiable authorization condition, a message to the non-trusted source entity for triggering a transmission of the information messages to the operational center, wherein the message to the non-trusted source entity comprises an invitation to transmit an information message to a defined messaging number of the operational center;

means for checking whether an information message received from the non-trusted source entity meets the automatically verifiable authorization condition;

generating means for generating, in response to the authorization message, an event reference;

using means for using the event reference in the automatically verifiable authorization condition;

means for receiving the authorization for the one or more information messages in an authorization message with a predefined field format;

means for extracting at least one information element from a data field of the authorization message;

means for extracting at least one information element from an information message that met the automatically verifiable authorization condition created in response to the authorization message; and

means for compiling an operational data record comprising the at least one information element from the authorization message and the at least one information element from the information message that met the automatically verifiable authorization condition,

the means for recording being configured to be responsive to the means for checking, and in response to the automatically verifiable authorization condition being met, to record information from the information message as operational data of the operational center, and

wherein the messaging number is a number dedicated to operational center messaging.

6. The network node according to claim 5, further comprising:

receiving means for receiving, in an operational center of a communication system, an authorization message from a trusted source entity, the authorization message authorizing one or more messages from one or more non-trusted source entities to the operational center;

creating means for creating, in the operational center and in response to the authorization message, an automatically verifiable authorization condition that tests positively for the one or more information messages;

checking means for checking, in the operational center and in response to an information message received from the non-trusted source entity, whether the automatically verifiable authorization condition is met; and

recording means for recording information from the information message as operational data of the operational center when the automatically verifiable authorization condition is met.

7. A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, said computer program comprising code which, when run on a computer device, controls the computer device to perform a method comprising:

receiving in an operational center of a communication system an authorization message from a trusted source entity, the authorization message authorizing one or more information messages from one or more non-trusted source entities to the operational center;

in response to the authorization message, creating in the operational center an automatically verifiable authorization condition that tests positively for the one or more information messages;

sending, after creating the automatically verifiable authorization condition, a message to a non-trusted source entity for triggering a transmission of the information messages to the operational center, wherein the message to the non-trusted source entity comprises an invitation to transmit an information message to a defined messaging number of the operational center;

in response to an information message received from the non-trusted source entity, checking in the operational center, whether the automatically verifiable authorization condition is met;

when the automatically verifiable authorization condition is met, recording information from the information message as operational data of the operational center;

receiving the authorization for the one or more information messages in an authorization message with a predefined field format;

extracting at least one information element from a data field of the authorization message;

extracting at least one information element from an information message that met the automatically verifiable authorization condition created in response to the authorization message; and

compiling an operational data record comprising the at least one information element from the authorization message and the at least one information element from the information message that met the automatically verifiable authorization condition,

wherein the messaging number is a number dedicated to operational center messaging, and

in the operational center;

generating, in response to the authorization message, an event reference; and

using the event reference in the automatically verifiable authorization condition.

8. A communication system comprising:

a network node and at least one trusted user terminal, each of said network node and said at least one trusted user terminal comprising;

means for providing services of an operational center;

means for interconnecting the operational center with source entities, the source entities comprising trusted source entities and non-trusted source entities;

means for recording information from an information message received from a non-trusted source entity as operational data of the operational center only in response to a specific authorization in the operational center;

means for designating at least one of the trusted source entities as an authorizing entity;

means for receiving an authorization message, the authorization message authorizing one or more information messages from one or more non-trusted source entities to the operational center;

means for creating, in response to the authorization message, an automatically verifiable authorization condition that tests positively for the one or more information messages;

means for sending, after creating the automatically verifiable authorization condition, a message to the non-trusted source entity for triggering a transmission of the information messages to the operational center, wherein the message to the non-trusted source entity comprises an invitation to transmit an information message to a defined messaging number of the operational center;

means for checking whether an information message received from the non-trusted source entity meets the automatically verifiable authorization condition

generating means for generating, in response to the authorization message, an event reference;

using means for using the event reference in the automatically verifiable authorization condition;

means for receiving the authorization for the one or more information messages in an authorization message with a predefined field format;

means for extracting at least one information element from a data field of the authorization message;

means for extracting at least one information element from an information message that met the automatically verifiable authorization condition created in response to the authorization message;

means for compiling an operational data record comprising the at least one information element from the authorization message and the at least one information element from the information message that met the automatically verifiable authorization condition,

the means for recording being configured to be responsive to the means for checking, and in response to the automatically verifiable authorization condition being met, to record information from the information message as operational data of the operational center, and

wherein the messaging number is a number dedicated to operational center messaging;

and

one or more non-trusted user terminals.

9. The communication system according to claim 8, wherein the network node is a communicating endpoint, the network node and the one or more trusted user terminals are connected over a private mobile communications network, and the network node and the one or more non-trusted terminals are connected over a public mobile communications network.