Method and apparatus for controlling communications terminal and corresponding communications terminal

• US 9,800,577 B2
• Filed: 12/29/2015
• Issued: 10/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Song, Jiashun
• Primary Examiner(s): TORRES, MARCOS L
• Application Number:
  US14/983,254
• Publication Number:
  US 20160134625A1
• Time in Patent Office: 665 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0853 using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724631 by limiting the access to the user interface, e.g. locking a touch-screen or a keypad
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• 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 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and an apparatus for controlling a communications terminal and a corresponding communications terminal, including: setting, in a communications terminal, authentication information of a subscriber identity module (SIM) change; monitoring a SIM change broadcast sent by the communications terminal, and setting, after the SIM change broadcast is monitored, the communications terminal to a locked state; and monitoring input information on the communications terminal, performing authentication and comparison, after the input information is monitored, on the input information and the set authentication information of a SIM change, and releasing, after the authentication succeeds, the locked state of the communications terminal. The embodiments of the present invention can improve security of information in a communications terminal.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a communications terminal, comprising:

setting, in a communications terminal, authentication information of a subscriber identity module (SIM) change;

monitoring a SIM change broadcast sent by the communications terminal, and setting, after the SIM change broadcast is monitored, the communications terminal to a locked state; and

monitoring input information on the communications terminal, performing first authentication and comparison, by the communications terminal, after the input information is monitored, on the input information and the set authentication information of a SIM change, and performing second authentication after the first authentication succeeds,

wherein the second authentication comprises;

displaying a list of options, receiving a selection instruction for the options, determining whether a selected option is the same as a preset correct option, and releasing by the communications terminal, if same, the locked state of the communications terminal, or otherwise, keeping the locked state of the communications terminal;

wherein the method further comprises;

determining, after the SIM change broadcast is monitored and before the communications terminal is set to the locked state, a content parameter of the SIM change broadcast,

when the content parameter is null, an incorrect SIM change broadcast is monitored, and the locking module is configured to continue to monitor a SIM change broadcast sent by the communications terminal without setting the communications terminal to the locked state,

when the content parameter is not null, a correct SIM change broadcast is monitored, and the locking module is configured to set the communications terminal to the locked state.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the setting, in a communications terminal, authentication information of a SIM change specifically comprises:

presenting a setting interface for authentication of a SIM change, prompting a user to input a character string, and storing the input character string as the authentication information of a SIM change; and

the monitoring input information on the communications terminal, and performing first authentication and comparison, after the input information is monitored, on the input information and the set authentication information of a SIM change, specifically comprises;

monitoring a character string input by the user, performing, after it is monitored that the user inputs a character string, similarity comparison between the monitored character string and the stored authentication information of a SIM change, and determining, in a case in which the monitored character string is identical with the stored authentication information of a SIM change, that the first authentication succeeds.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the setting, in a communications terminal, authentication information of a SIM change specifically comprises:

starting an identification information capture module to capture identification information input on the communications terminal, using the identification information as an authentication sample, computing key information of the authentication sample, and storing the key information of the authentication sample as the authentication information of a SIM change; and

the monitoring input information on the communications terminal, and performing first authentication and comparison, after the input information is monitored, on the input information and the set authentication information of a SIM change, specifically comprises;

starting the identification information capture module to capture identification information input on the communications terminal, computing key information of the authentication information, performing similarity comparison between the key information obtained through computation and the stored authentication information of a SIM change, and determining, in a case in which similarity between the key information and the stored authentication information of a SIM change is higher than a corresponding threshold, that the first authentication succeeds.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the identification information is:

gesture input information, human face feature information, voice information, or fingerprint information.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the SIM change broadcast comprises:

a SIM replacement broadcast, or a SIM absence broadcast.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the SIM is a SIM card.

7. An apparatus for controlling a communications terminal, comprising:

a setting module, configured to set, in a communications terminal, authentication information of a subscriber identity module (SIM) change;

a locking module, configured to monitor a SIM change broadcast sent by the communications terminal, and set, after the SIM change broadcast is monitored, the communications terminal to a locked state; and

an unlocking module, configured to monitor input information on the communications terminal, perform first authentication and comparison, after the input information is monitored, on the input information and the set authentication information of a SIM change, and perform second authentication after the first authentication succeeds,

wherein the setting module is further configured to set a correct option;

wherein the second authentication comprises;

displaying a list of options, receiving a selection instruction for the options, determining whether a selected option is the same as a preset correct option, and releasing, if same, the locked state of the communications terminal or otherwise, keeping the locked state of the communications terminal;

wherein the locking module is further configured to determine, after the SIM change broadcast is monitored and before the communications terminal is set to the locked state, a content parameter of the SIM change broadcast,

when the content parameter is null, an incorrect SIM change broadcast is monitored, and the locking module is configured to continue to monitor a SIM change broadcast sent by the communications terminal without setting the communications terminal to the locked state,

when the content parameter is not null, a correct SIM change broadcast is monitored, and the locking module is configured to set the communications terminal to the locked state.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein

the setting module is specifically configured to:

present a setting interface for authentication of a SIM change, prompt a user to input a character string, and store the input character string as the authentication information of a SIM change; and

the unlocking module is specifically configured to;

monitor a character string input by the user, perform, after it is monitored that the user inputs a character string, similarity comparison between the monitored character string and the stored authentication information of a SIM change, and determine, in a case in which the monitored character string is identical with the stored authentication information of a SIM change, that the first authentication succeeds.

9. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the apparatus further comprises an identification information capture module,

the setting module is specifically configured to:

start the identification information capture module to capture identification information input on the communications terminal, use the identification information as an authentication sample, compute key information of the authentication sample, and store the key information of the authentication sample as the authentication information of a SIM change; and

the unlocking module is specifically configured to;

start the identification information capture module to capture identification information input on the communications terminal, compute key information of the authentication information, perform similarity comparison between the key information obtained through computation and the stored authentication information of a SIM change, and determine, in a case in which similarity between the key information and the stored authentication information of a SIM change is higher than a corresponding threshold, that the first authentication succeeds.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the identification information capture module is:

a module configured to capture gesture input information, a module configured to capture human face feature information, a module configured to capture voice information, or a module configured to capture fingerprint information.

11. A communications terminal, comprising the control apparatus according to claim 7.