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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189783 | Systems, methods, and programs for detecting unauthorized use of mobile communication devices or systems Systems, methods, and programs for generating an authorized user profile for a mobile communication device, may sample an audio stream generated by the mobile communication device during communication and may store the audio sample. The systems methods and programs ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184811 | Mobile telephony content protection In a digital content management system, a mobile device determines whether it is authorized to use digital content by sending, to a service provider, a hash value that has been pre-stored in the mobile device and that is associated with the digital content. The hash... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8175270 | Authentication loading control and information recapture in a UMTS network An authentication loading control feature enables a service provider to control the number of authentication procedures or percentage of time that authentication procedures are performed by a network element adapted to perform authentication procedures (e.g., a Serv... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8130953 | Security protection for data communication Authentication of an electronic communication apparatus capable of communicating data messages with a server according to a synchronization protocol includes providing an authentication method indicator that specifies an authentication method according to which the ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126144 | Purging of authentication key contexts by base stations on handoff Various embodiments of methods and apparatuses for managing authentication key contexts are described herein. In various embodiments, the methods and apparatuses include purging an authentication key context of a supplicant after handing off the supplicant, even the... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8064597 | Method and system for mobile device credentialing Methods and systems taught herein allow mobile device manufacturers to preconfigure mobile devices for subscription with any network operator having access to a centralized device directory server. The directory server stores device records, each including a prelimi... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064598 | Apparatus, method and computer program product providing enforcement of operator lock A data blob has an operator's certificate that specifies a network. The data blob is encrypted by the network using a private key that authenticates that a user device owns a MAC address. The network sends the encrypted data blob to the user device, which decrypts i... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8054971 | Free-hand mobile messaging-method and device A communication system and device that enables free-hand drawn SMS (Short Messaging Service) messages to be transmitted and received from/to various user devices. A buffer device is inserted within a GSM compatible handset providing a buffer for both conventional SM... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8031871 | Method of updating an authentication algorithm in a computer system The invention relates to a method of updating an authentication algorithm in at least one data processing device (CARD, SERV) which can store a subscriber identity (IMSI1) which is associated with an authentication algorithm (Algo1) in a memory element... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8031872 | Pre-expiration purging of authentication key contexts Various embodiments of methods and apparatuses for managing authentication key contexts are described herein. In various embodiments, the methods and apparatuses include selective purging of authentication key contexts of supplicants even if their authentication key... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8005217 | Method and apparatus for configuring nodes in a wireless network Methods, systems, devices and computer programs for configuring nodes on a wireless network can include generating a security key for the network, setting the security settings on the access point based on the security key, and saving the security key in a profile d... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7995756 | Mobile device playback and control of media content from a personal media host device Mobile device playback and control of media content stored on a personal media host device is provided. The mobile device may communicate a request for media content to a network server, which may determine whether the mobile device is authorized to access the reque... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991157 | Methods and systems responsive to features sensed from imagery or other data A device, such as a cell phone, uses an image sensor to capture image data. The phone can respond to detection of particular imagery feature (e.g., watermarked imagery, barcodes, image fingerprints, etc.) by presenting distinctive graphics on a display screen. Such ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7965842 | System and method for detecting unauthorized wireless access points Unauthorized wireless access points are detected by configuring authorized access points and mobile units to listen to all wireless traffic in its cell and report all detected wireless devices to a monitor. The monitor checks the reported devices against a list of a... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7940932 | Methods, apparatus, and systems for securing SIM (subscriber identity module) personalization and other data on a first processor and secure communication of the SIM data to a second processor An electronic circuit 120 includes a more-secure processor (600) having hardware based security (138) for storing data. A less-secure processor (200) eventually utilizes the data. By a data transfer request-response arrangement (2010, ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7929699 | Method and apparatus for authentication in wireless communications Systems and methods of securing wireless communications between a network and a subscriber station include inserting a marker denoting an encryption type within a random value used for authentication, calculating a first session key and a first response value as a f... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7912221 | Communication apparatus and method thereof This invention enhances the security strength of wireless communications in the ad-hoc mode. To this end, it is checked if the communication apparatus and a terminal of a communication partner can concurrently use different encryption keys in correspondence with a p... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7881468 | Secret authentication key setup in mobile IPv6 A method, a mobile node (MN) and a correspondent node (CN) exchanging a Secret Authentication Key (SKbm) within an IPv6 network. The MN has a pair of keys comprising a private key and a public key and a HoA. Upon displacement of the MN from a home portion... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7873163 | Method and apparatus for message integrity in a CDMA communication system In a communication system (100), a method and apparatus provides for message integrity regardless of the operating version of an authentication center (198) or an interface (197) between the authentication center (198) and a mobile switch... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7848522 | Method for authenticating a user in a terminal, an authentication system, a terminal, and an authorization device The invention relates to a method for authenticating the user of a terminal (5), in which terminal a device (15) for verifying the rights to use is applied for running an authentication protocol. The device (15) for verifying the rights to use i... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7664265 | Controlling communications between stations The present invention relates to relocation of the control of communication between a first station and a second station from a first communication system controller to a second communication system controller. The communication is ciphered by means of a first ciphe... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7649995 | Method and device for authenticating MS that has an R-UIM by using CAVE algorithm A method and device for authenticating a MS has an R-UIM by using CAVE Algorithm are provided. The hardware structure of the device includes a cdma2000/HRPD dual-mode chip, a User Identity Module supporting the CAVE algorithm. The dual-mode terminal forms the NAI va... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7630495 | Method for protecting electronic device, and electronic device Identity data of an operational unit and a verification key of the cryptographic method employed by the service provider are protected with a key of the cryptographic method employed by the manufacturer of the operational unit. The verification key of the cryptograp... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7570764 | Sequence number calculation and authentication in a communications system In a mobile communications system, a batch of sequence numbers is generated via an algorithm wherein each sequence number comprises a suffix and a prefix. The method comprises; calculating a new sequence number suffix from an existing sequence number suffix, calcula... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7564975 | Method of ciphering data and/or voice call to be transferred in mobile communication system and method of deactivating the ciphering A system and method of controlling ciphering of call information between a mobile communication terminal and a network initiates the transmission of a ciphering request from the terminal to the network. The network then transmits a ciphering authentication request m... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7561692 | Method of authenticating mobile terminal A method for authenticating a mobile terminal in a wireless network is disclosed. The method includes transmitting a request for authenticating the mobile terminal in that wireless network operative to provide services at a location where the mobile terminal is curr... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7561691 | System and method for providing secured access to mobile devices A system and method for providing secured access of a mobile device is disclosed herein. Access to data included in the mobile device is permitted when the presence of an authentication device having the proper authentication information is received by the mobile de... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7542569 | Security of data connections The invention concerns the security of the data connections of a telephone user. The basic idea of the invention is to forward the authentication of a telephone system to the leg between two private data networks connected via an arbitrating network. When establishi... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7529371 | Replaceable sequenced one-time pads for detection of cloned service client Authentication of cellular telephone device by providing a first one-time pad cryptological table to a security server which has multiple sequenced One Time Pad value entries including a previous use indicator initialized as “unused”, and providing a second one-... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7522727 | Method and apparatus for providing authentication in a communication system A method includes receiving an authentication request from a mobile station (401) and determining whether to forward the request to an authentication agent. When it is determined to forward the request, the request is forwarded to the authentication agent ( | 04/21/2009 |
| 7512234 | Providing location data about a mobile entity Location data about a mobile entity (20) is provided in encrypted form by a location server (79) to a recipient that is one of the mobile entity (20) or a service system (40) usable by the mobile entity. The location data (P) is encrypted... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7499547 | Security authentication and key management within an infrastructure based wireless multi-hop network A system and method of security authentication and key management scheme in a multi-hop wireless network is provided herein with a hop-by-hop security model. The scheme adapts the 802.11r key hierarchy into the meshed AP network. In this approach, a top key holder (... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7496199 | Method of controlling access to cryptographic resources The cryptographic resources are supplied by at least one cryptographic source having a specific access interface. The application is presented with a mutualized interface substantially independent of the cryptographic sources and of their respective access interface... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7444513 | Authentication in data communication A client 110 may be authenticated by transmitting or beaming a telecommunication network subscriber's authentication to the client from a device 120, over a wireless link. For example, a GSM telephone 120 may authenticate an electronic book 1... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441126 | Secure wireless LAN device including tamper resistant feature and associated method A secure wireless LAN device includes a housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the housing, and a cryptography circuit carried by the housing. The cryptography circuit may operate using cryptography information and may also render unuseable the cryptography info... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440572 | Secure wireless LAN device and associated methods A secure wireless LAN device includes a housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the housing, a medium access controller (MAC) carried by the housing, and a cryptography circuit carried by the housing and connected to the MAC and the wireless transceiver. The cryp... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437161 | Method of fast data transmission of mobile stations via the same base station In the method of packet transmission, data packet fragments received from a first mobile station are sent to a second mobile station without assembling and re-fragmenting the received data packet fragments if the first and second mobile stations are in a same cell. | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437752 | Client architecture for portable device with security policies In a particular embodiment, a client module is deployed on a wireless device. The client module comprises a policy database including a list of authorized devices to which the wireless device may communicate. In another embodiment, the client module comprises a poli... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7424284 | Secure network/service access A method of authenticating a user access network to a mobile node, where the mobile node wishes to access a service via the access network, the method comprising: establishing a secure transport channel between the mobile node and ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424116 | Method and apparatus for providing authentication in a communication system A method includes receiving an authentication request from a mobile station (401) and determining whether to forward the request to an authentication agent. When it is determined to forward the request, the request is forwarded to the authentication agent ( | 09/09/2008 |
