Apparatus, methods and computer-readable storage media for security provisioning at a communication device

• US 9,736,106 B2
• Filed: 08/19/2015
• Issued: 08/15/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Swink, Cristy, Rohrer, Thomas L., Sikes, Jason, Fineman, Benjamin, Snydal, Jonathan Solis, Todd, Sara Louise, Dhanasarnsombat, Dhana
• Primary Examiner(s): Shih, Haoshian
• Application Number:
  US14/830,505
• Publication Number:
  US 20150356323A1
• Time in Patent Office: 727 Days
• Field of Search: 715702, 715863, 345173, 400486, 4555751, 4555753, 4555754
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4594 Address books, i.e. directories containing contact information about correspondents telephone directories in user terminals H04M1/27453
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0892 by using authentication-authorization-accounting [AAA] servers or protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72433 for voice messaging, e.g. dictaphones for answering incoming calls H04M1/64
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72439 for image or video messaging
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 : for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 : Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 : Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 : Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 : WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

Apparatus, methods and computer-readable storage medium are provided for security provisioning at a communication device. In some embodiments, a method can include: executing a high security application on a communication device based, at least, on detecting that high security is enabled for the communication device and detecting execution of a low security application; outputting, via a user interface (UI), information configured to detect an entry to the communication device; detecting an entry at the UI of the communication device; determining whether the entry corresponds to security access information stored in the communication device; and providing access to the communication device based, at least, on determining that the entry corresponds to the security access information.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

executing, by a device comprising a processor, a first level security application associated with a first level of security on the device based on detecting that the first level of security is enabled for the device and detecting execution of a second level security application associated with a second level of security, wherein the first level is a higher level of security than the second level, and wherein the detecting the execution of the second level security application is based on detection of a swipe gesture from a second region associated with a locked state of a user interface to a first region associated with an unlocked state of the user interface;

detecting, by the device, an entry at the user interface of the device, wherein the user interface is included in a keypad and wherein the detecting the entry comprises detecting the entry at the keypad of the device;

determining, by the device, whether the entry corresponds to security access information stored by the device;

facilitating, by the device, access to the first level security application associated with the first level of security based on the determining indicating that the entry corresponds to the security access information; and

facilitating, by the device, displaying, as an overlay relative to information displayed via the user interface, notification information about an incoming call, wherein a level of detail of the notification information is based on whether the first level of security or the second level of security is enabled for the device, and

wherein a first level of detail about the incoming call is displayed, as the overlay on the information displayed via the user interface, concurrent with receipt of the incoming call,

wherein the first level of detail is displayed based on detection of previous execution of the first level of security,

wherein a second level of detail about the incoming call is displayed, as the overlay on the information displayed via the user interface, concurrent with receipt of the incoming call, and

wherein the second level of detail is displayed based on detection of a previous execution of the second level of security.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the keypad comprises a substantially hexagonally-shaped keypad.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the execution of the second level security application comprises:

facilitating, by the device via the user interface, displaying the first region and the second region; and

unlocking, by the device, the user interface of the communication device based on detecting the swipe gesture from the second region to the first region, wherein the detecting is performed while the device in the locked state.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the executing the first level security application is further based on detecting a device event, and wherein the device event comprises movement of a physical keypad associated with the device from a first location relative to the user interface to a second location relative to the user interface.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising enabling, by the device, limited access to the device based on the determining indicating that the entry does not correspond to the security access information, wherein the limited access comprises capabilities for initiating emergency calls and displaying information associated with a defined emergency.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the device, a number of times that entries that do not correspond to the security access information have been detected at the device; and

based on determining that the number of times exceeds a defined number of times that attempted access has been detected by the device, initiating, by the device, a timeout state of the device in which no access to the device is provided.

7. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

detecting whether a first level of security is enabled for the apparatus;

executing a first level security application associated with the first level of security on the apparatus based on detection that the first level security is enabled for the apparatus and execution, at the apparatus, of a second level security application associated with a second level of security, wherein the execution of the second level security application is performed in response to unlocking a user interface of the apparatus based on detection of a swipe gesture from a first region of the user interface to a second region of the user interface;

receiving a signal indicative of detection of an entry at the apparatus;

determining whether the entry corresponds to security access information accessible by the apparatus;

enabling access to the first level security application based on determining that the entry corresponds to the security access information, wherein the first level is a higher level of security than the second level;

enabling limited access to the apparatus based on determining that the entry does not correspond to the security access information; and

initiating display of notification information about an incoming message as an overlay over information displayed via the user interface, wherein a level of detail of the notification information about the incoming message is based on whether the first level of security or the second level of security is activated for the device, wherein a first amount of detail about the incoming message is displayed, as the overlay over the information displayed via the user interface, during receipt of the incoming message, wherein the first amount of detail about the incoming message is displayed based on detection of prior execution of the first level of security, and wherein a second amount of detail about the incoming message is displayed, as the overlay over the information displayed via the user interface, during receipt of the incoming message, and wherein the second amount of detail about the incoming message is displayed based on detection of a prior execution of the second level of security.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise:

facilitating displaying first level security application information associated with the first level security application, and wherein the first level security application information comprises an image of a keypad having an outer perimeter that is substantially hexagonally-shaped and comprising numeric information.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the first level security application information further comprises status information comprising a first icon configured to display a first image based on the unlocking the apparatus, and a second image prior to the unlocking the apparatus.

10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the user interface is configured to display second level security information prior to displaying a keypad associated with the first level security application,

wherein the second level security information comprises a display comprising the first region associated with an unlocked state of the user interface and the second region associated with a locked state of the user interface,

wherein the security component is further configured to execute the second level security application prior to the executing the first level security application, and

wherein the security component is configured to perform the unlocking of the user interface based on receiving a signal indicative of the user interface detecting an input gesture at the first region.

11. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the executing the first level security application is based on detecting a communication device event, wherein the communication device event comprises initiation of a boot sequence associated with the apparatus.

12. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the limited access comprises access to initiation of emergency calls and display of emergency information.

13. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining a number of times that entries that do not correspond to the security access information have been detected at the user interface; and

initiating a timeout state of the apparatus in which no access to the apparatus is provided, based on determining that the number of times exceeds a defined number of times that attempted access has been detected by the apparatus.

14. A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

detecting whether a first level of security is enabled for the device;

displaying, via a user interface, first level security application information associated with a first level security application associated with the first level of security, wherein the first level security application information associated with the first level security application comprises an image of a keypad having an outer perimeter that is polygonal in shape;

executing the first level security application on the device based on detecting that the first level of security is enabled for the device and execution of a second level security application associated with a second level of security at the device, wherein the first level is a higher level of security than the second level, and wherein the execution of the second level security application is based on detection of a swipe gesture from a first region of the user interface to a second region of the user interface; and

facilitating displaying as an overlay relative to information displayed via the user interface, notification information about an incoming call, wherein a level of detail of the notification information is based on whether the first level of security or the second level of security is enabled for the device, wherein a first level of detail about the incoming call is displayed, as the overlay on the information displayed via the user interface, during receipt of the incoming call, wherein the first level of detail is displayed based on detection of previous execution of the first level of security, wherein a second level of detail about the incoming call is displayed, as the overlay on the information displayed via the user interface, during receipt of the incoming call, and wherein the second level of detail is displayed based on detection of a previous execution of the second level of security.

15. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a signal indicative of an entry at the device;

determining whether the entry corresponds to security access information accessible by the device; and

unlocking the device based on determining that the entry corresponds to the security access information.

16. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the keypad comprises numeric information.

17. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the first level security application information further comprises status information comprising a first icon configured to display a first image based on the unlocking the device, and configured to display a second image prior to the unlocking the device.

18. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the first level security application information is first information, and the operations further comprise:

executing the second level security application prior to the executing the first level security application;

displaying, via the user interface, second information associated with the second level security application prior to displaying the first information associated with the first level security application, wherein the second information comprises display information comprising a first region associated with an unlocked state of the user interface and a second region associated with a locked state of the user interface; and

unlocking the user interface based on detecting a signal indicative of receipt of an input gesture at the first region of the user interface.

19. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the executing the first level security application on the device is based on detecting that a device event has occurred, and wherein the device event comprises initiation of a boot sequence associated with the device.

20. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise:

enabling limited access to the device based on determining that an entry received by the device does not correspond to the security access information, and wherein the limited access comprises privileges relating to initiation of emergency calls and display of emergency information.