Communication devices and cellular wide area radio base station

• US 9,622,083 B2
• Filed: 04/18/2016
• Issued: 04/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Deutschland
• Inventors: Bienas, Maik, Schmidt, Andreas, Hans, Martin, Luft, Achim
• Primary Examiner(s): MITCHELL, NATHAN A
• Application Number:
  US15/131,958
• Publication Number:
  US 20160234692A1
• Time in Patent Office: 358 Days
• 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. An apparatus, comprising:

a central processing unit having an associated identifier;

trusted platform module (TPM) circuitry to generate an authorization to verify that the associated identifier is allowed to use a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM-)less data connection; and

cellular modem circuitry to transmit, based on the authorization, a request to establish the 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, the request to include a unique identifier based on the associated identifier.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the cellular modem circuitry is to receive the unique identifier from the TPM circuitry.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the unique identifier is generated based on a hash of the associated identifier.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the cellular modem circuitry is to transmit a radio resource control (RRC) connection request message that includes third-party charged mobile originated data as an establishment cause.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the third-party charged mobile originated data includes information about a party to be charged and an address of a security server.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the cellular modem circuitry is to:

transmit a verification state request message to a security server to obtain a user-defined communication terminal device state; and

receive a verification state report that includes the user-defined communication terminal device state.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the central processing unit is to lock a communication terminal device based on the user-defined communication terminal device state.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the cellular modem circuitry is to transmit location information related to a communication terminal device to a security server.

9. One or more non-transitory, computer-readable media having instructions that, when executed, cause a device to:

verify that an identifier associated with a central processing unit is allowed to use a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM)-less data connection; and

transmit, based on the verification, a request to establish the 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, the request to include a unique identifier based on the associated identifier.

10. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 9, wherein the unique identifier is generated based on a hash of the associated identifier.

11. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 9, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the device to transmit a radio resource control (RRC) connection request message that includes third-party charged mobile originated data as an establishment cause.

12. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 11, wherein the third-party charged mobile originated data includes information about a party to be charged and an address of a security server.

13. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 9, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the device to:

transmit a verification state request message to a security server to obtain a user-defined communication terminal device state; and

receive a verification state report that includes the user-defined communication terminal device state.

14. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 13, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the device to lock a communication terminal device based on the user-defined communication terminal device state.

15. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 9, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the device to transmit location information related to a communication terminal device to a security server.