Communication devices and cellular wide area radio base station

• US 9,344,885 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Issued: 05/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Deutschland GmbH (Intel Corporation)
• Inventors: Bienas, Maik, Schmidt, Andreas, Hans, Martin, Luft, Achim
• Primary Examiner(s): MITCHELL, NATHAN A
• Application Number:
  US13/803,241
• Publication Number:
  US 20140273954A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,160 Days
• Field of Search: 455/411
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/72 in cryptographic circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0876 based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/082 using revocation of authorisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/12 Detection or prevention of fraud
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/126 Anti-theft arrangements, e.g. protection against subscriber identity module [SIM] cloning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters

Abstract

A communication device may include: a circuit being identified by a unique identifier; a determiner configured to determine as to whether the communication device is unwantedly out of the authorized user'"'"'s control; a communication connection establisher configured to establish a Subscriber Identity Module less communication connection; and a transmitter configured to transmit a verification state request message including information indicating the unique identifier to another communication device.

Claims

1. A cellular wide area radio base station, comprising:

a receiver to receive from a communication device a request to establish a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM-)less data connection according to a cellular wide area radio communication technology to facilitate communication of security instructions and verification state request and response messages, and an identifier uniquely identifying a central processing unit (CPU) of the communication device;

a determiner to determine whether the requested SIM-less data connection should be provided to the communication device based on the identifier; and

a circuit to provide the SIM-less data connection for the communication device.

2. The cellular wide area radio base station of claim 1, wherein the receiver is further to further receive an address of a server providing a security service to the communication device;

wherein the determiner is further to determine whether the requested SIM-less data connection should be provided to the communication device based on the address of the server.

3. The cellular wide area radio base station of claim 1, wherein the receiver is further to further receive a name of a service provider providing a security service to the communication device;

wherein the determiner is further to determine whether the requested SIM-less data connection should be provided to the communication device based on the name of the service provider.

4. One or more non-transitory, computer readable media having instructions that, when executed, cause a cellular wide area radio base station to:

receive from a communication device a request to establish a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM-)less data connection according to a cellular wide area radio communication technology to facilitate communication of security instructions and verification state request and response messages, and an identifier uniquely identifying a central processing unit (CPU) of the communication device;

determine whether the requested SIM-less data connection should be provided to the communication device based on the identifier; and

provide the SIM-less data connection for the communication device.

5. The one or more non-transitory, computer readable media of claim 4, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the cellular wide area radio base station to:

receive an address of a server providing a security service to the communication device; and

determine whether the requested SIM-less data connection should be provided to the communication device based on the address of the server.

6. The one or more non-transitory, computer readable media of claim 4, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the cellular wide area radio base station to:

receive a name of a service provider providing a security service to the communication device; and

determine whether the requested SIM-less data connection should be provided to the communication device based on the name of the service provider.