MANAGED MOBILE MEDIA PLATFORM SYSTEMS AND METHODS

• US 20130232553A1
• Filed: 03/02/2012
• Published: 09/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Tomfohrde, Peter W., Williams, John R.
• Granted Patent: US 9,256,717 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security

Abstract

An exemplary system includes 1) a mobile computing device provided by a vertical solution provider for use by a customer of a industry service provider to access one or more services provided by the industry service provider and 2) a mobile media platform provider subsystem operated by the vertical solution provider and configured to communicate with the mobile computing device. The mobile media platform provider subsystem and the mobile computing device are configured to provide a mobile media platform managed by the vertical solution provider and configured to facilitate the use of the mobile computing device by the customer to access the one or more services provided by the industry service provider. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a mobile computing device provided by a vertical solution provider for use by a customer of an industry service provider to access one or more services provided by the industry service provider; and

a mobile media platform provider subsystem operated by the vertical solution provider and configured to communicate with the mobile computing device;

wherein the mobile media platform provider subsystem and the mobile computing device are configured to provide a mobile media platform managed by the vertical solution provider and configured to facilitate the use of the mobile computing device by the customer to access the one or more services provided by the industry service provider.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile media platform is managed by the vertical solution provider as a vertical solution in a vertical market.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the mobile media platform is dedicated for the vertical solution in the vertical market.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile media platform is managed by the vertical solution provider across a build, a deployment, and an operation of the mobile media platform.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile media platform provider subsystem is configured to receive a content application from the industry service provider and host the content application for access by the mobile computing device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile media platform provider subsystem is configured to:

manage an identity of the customer; and

selectively grant the mobile computing device mobile access to the one or more services provided by the industry service provider based on the managed identity of the customer.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the mobile media platform provider subsystem is configured to manage the identity of the customer by:

registering the customer with the mobile media platform provider subsystem;

provisioning credentials for the customer; and

maintaining an access log that includes information related to one or more access events associated with the customer.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile computing device is secured by the vertical solution provider.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the industry service provider comprises a financial service provider.

10. A system comprising:

a mobile computing device configured by and provided by a vertical solution provider for use by a customer of a financial service provider to obtain mobile access to content provided by the financial service provider for mobile access by the customer by way of a mobile media platform managed by the vertical solution provider; and

an access management facility operated by the vertical solution provider and configured to manage an identity of the customer and to use the managed identity of the customer to selectively authenticate the customer as being authorized to access to the content.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein:

the content comprises a financial content application; and

the system further comprises an application hosting facility operated by the vertical solution provider and configured to host the financial content application for mobile access by the authenticated customer by way of the mobile media platform.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising a managed mobility facility configured to facilitate remote management of the mobile computing device by the vertical solution provider.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising an application facility configured to facilitate an interactive communication between the customer and the financial service provider by way of the mobile computing device.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising a professional services facility configured to provide one or more tools configured for use by a representative of the financial service provider to access one or more professional services provided by the vertical solution provider to facilitate customization of the mobile media platform.

15. The system of claim 14, further comprising a service desk facility configured to provide one or more tools configured for use by the customer to access technical support provided by the vertical solution provider for the mobile media platform.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the mobile computing device is locked down by the vertical solution provider to block the mobile computing device from accessing content from a source not managed by the vertical solution provider or the financial service provider.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the access management facility is configured to:

maintain, over time, an access log that includes information about one or more content access events associated with the customer; and

use the access log to selectively authenticate the customer as being authorized to access the content.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein the mobile media platform is managed by the vertical solution provider as a vertical solution in a vertical market.

19. The system of claim 10, wherein the mobile media platform is fully managed end-to-end by the vertical solution provider across a build, a deployment, and an operation of the mobile media platform.

20. A method comprising:

providing, by a managed mobile media platform system, an end-to-end managed mobile media platform dedicated for use as a vertical solution to provide a customer of an industry service provider with access, via a mobile computing device provided by a vertical solution provider operating the managed mobile media platform system, to content provided by the industry service provider in a vertical market;

registering, by the managed mobile media platform system, the customer with the managed mobile media platform system, the registering including provisioning credentials for the customer;

managing, by the managed mobile media platform system, an identity of the customer;

detecting, by the managed mobile media platform system, a request to access, via the mobile computing device, the content by way of the end-to-end managed mobile media platform, the request including the credentials for the customer; and

selectively authenticating, by the managed mobile media platform system based on the credentials included in the request and the managed identity of the customer, the customer as being authorized to access the content.

21. The method of claim 20, embodied as computer-executable instructions on at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium.