Method and system for enhanced security using location based wireless authentication
First Claim
1. An improved base station for use in authentication of a transaction, the base station forming part of a wireless network and communicating with a mobile device and with a network, the base station comprising:
- a processor;
a communications subsystem;
wherein the processor and communications subsystem cooperate to;
receive a transaction message from the mobile device, the transaction message being a request to complete a financial transaction between a user of the mobile device and a merchant, the transaction message including;
a merchant identifier identifying the merchant; and
an International Mobile Equipment Identifier (IMEI) number, the IMEI number being inserted by a transport layer at the mobile device;
append to the transaction message a location identifier, the location identifier indicating a location of the mobile device;
forward the transaction message with the location identifier to a recipient device, system or apparatus,wherein the authentication uses the location identifier to ensure the transaction is valid.
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Abstract
A method and system for enhancing security using location-based wireless authentication for a mobile device, the method comprising the steps of: sending from the mobile device to a base station a message, the message having a unique identifier associated with the mobile device; appending, at the base station, a location identifier to said message; sending the message to a recipient; and authenticating the message at the recipient, said authenticating step confirming that the location identifier appended at the base station corresponds with an expected location for the message.
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8 Claims
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1. An improved base station for use in authentication of a transaction, the base station forming part of a wireless network and communicating with a mobile device and with a network, the base station comprising:
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a processor; a communications subsystem; wherein the processor and communications subsystem cooperate to; receive a transaction message from the mobile device, the transaction message being a request to complete a financial transaction between a user of the mobile device and a merchant, the transaction message including; a merchant identifier identifying the merchant; and an International Mobile Equipment Identifier (IMEI) number, the IMEI number being inserted by a transport layer at the mobile device; append to the transaction message a location identifier, the location identifier indicating a location of the mobile device; forward the transaction message with the location identifier to a recipient device, system or apparatus, wherein the authentication uses the location identifier to ensure the transaction is valid. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method of transaction authentication comprising the steps of:
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sending, from a mobile device, a transaction message to a recipient, the transaction message being a request to complete a financial transaction between a user of the mobile device and a merchant, the transaction message including; a merchant identifier identifying the merchant, and an International Mobile Equipment Identifier (IMEI) number, the IMEI number being inserted by a transport layer at the mobile device; appending, at a base station, a location identifier to the transaction message, the location identifier indicating a location of the mobile device; wherein said location identifier can be used by said recipient to authenticate that the transaction is occurring in an expected location. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8)
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