System and method for security on a mobile device using multiple communication domains

• US 8,121,638 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2009
• Issued: 02/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Ascendent Telecommunications Incorporated (Blackberry Limited), Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Gisby, Douglas, Gray, Michael, Werner, Colin, Yap, Shen-Yuan (Michael)
• Primary Examiner(s): Tan, Vibol
• Application Number:
  US12/394,208
• Publication Number:
  US 20100222097A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,089 Days
• Field of Search: 455/552.1, 455/553.1, 370/329, 370/401
• US Class Current: 455/552.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2535 adapted for voice communication over an Internet Protocol [IP] network Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network equipment and services H04M7/006; implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/06 including a wireless LAN interface

Abstract

A mobile device and a method for providing security to a mobile device having two or more communication domains is provided. The mobile device receives a communication service request. The communication domain of the communication service request is determined, the request domain being one of the two or more communication domains of the mobile device. A set of applicable restrictions is then determined from a list of communication restrictions comprising restrictions on use of services of the mobile device for each of the two or more communications domains. These applicable restrictions are then applied to the communication service request by the mobile device.

Claims

1. A mobile device configured to accommodate communications in two or more communication domains, the mobile device comprising:

a processor for controlling operation of the mobile device, the processor having access to memory comprising a set of stored communication restrictions comprising restrictions on the use of services of the mobile device within at least one of the two or more communication domains;

a communication subsystem for sending and receiving wireless communications and receiving incoming communication requests;

a domain module resident in the memory for execution by the processor, the domain module being configured to determine a request domain of a communication service request, the request domain being one of the two or more communication domains of the mobile device, and the communication service request being a mobile device-initiated communication request;

a communication restriction module resident in the memory for execution by the processor, the communication restriction module being configured to determine a set of applicable restrictions from the set of communication restrictions based on the request domain and apply the set of applicable restrictions to the communication service request;

a display for displaying a subset of the two or more communication domains; and

one or more input devices for receiving a selection of one of the two or more communication domains in the subset;

wherein determining the request domain comprises receiving a domain selection from a user of the mobile device.

2. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the mobile device-initiated communication request is received from the user of the mobile device by the one or more input devices.

3. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the communication restriction module is further configured to deny the communication service request if the request is contrary to one or more of the one or more communication restrictions and allow the communication service request otherwise.

4. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the two or more communications domains comprise at least one of:

a cellular telephone service, an enterprise network and a Wi-Fi service.

5. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the subset of the two or more communication domains is selected from the two or more communication domains based on one or more of:

user-specific rules, service-specific rules and general rules.

6. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the request domain is determined based on one or more of:

user-specific rules, service-specific rules and general rules.

7. A method of accommodating communications on a mobile device in two or more communication domains, the method executed by at least one processor on the mobile device, the mobile device comprising a communication subsystem for sending and receiving wireless communications and receiving incoming communication requests, the method comprising:

receiving a communication service request at the mobile device;

causing execution of a domain module resident in a memory associated with the at least one processor to determine a request domain of the communication service request, the request domain being one of the two or more communication domains of the mobile device and the communication service request being a mobile device-initiated communication request;

causing execution of a communication restriction module resident in a memory associated with the at least one processor to determine a set of applicable restrictions from a set of communication restrictions comprising restrictions on use of services of the mobile device for each of the two or more communications domains and apply the set of applicable restrictions to the communication service request;

wherein determining the request domain comprises receiving a domain selection from a user of the mobile device; and

wherein the domain selection is from a subset of the two or more communication domains.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the mobile device-initiated communication request is received from the user of the mobile device.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein applying the set of applicable restrictions comprises denying the communication service request if the service is contrary to one or more of the one or more communications restrictions and allowing the communication service request otherwise.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the two or more communications domains comprise one or more of:

a cellular telephone service, an enterprise network and a Wi-Fi service.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the subset of the two or more communication domains is selected from the two or more communication domains based on one or more of:

user-specific rules, service-specific rules and general rules.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the request domain is determined based on one or more of:

user-specific rules, service-specific rules and general rules.