Use of AKA methods and procedures for authentication of subscribers without access to SIM credentials
US10902110B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 12, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jan 26, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 12, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W8/183
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems and methods which enable an authentication procedure to be used within the standard network security architecture to authenticate third party applications that are forbidden access to a particular secret key are disclosed. Third party smartphone applications that are unable to use SIM-based authentication due to being forbidden access to a SIM-based key are provided an alternate secret key for use in an EAP-AKA or EAP-SIM type procedure according to embodiments. An authentication server or other backend authentication infrastructure of embodiments requests authentication vectors from a backend system sharing the alternative secret key. Accordingly, the backend authentication platform of embodiments is adapted to know or detect that an application is using an alternative secret key (e.g., a secret key other than the SIM-based secret key) and to perform the appropriate procedure for the key type.
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