Method and system for transparently authenticating a mobile user to access web services
US7954141B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 30, 2005 |
| Grant date | May 31, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 3, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/16
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for authenticating a subscriber of a first network to access application services through a second network, wherein the second network is a packet data network. The system includes a mobile station connected to a cellular network and apt to generate access-request messages enclosed in data packets, the access-request messages being expressed with a syntax that complies with an application-level protocol; an allocation server apt to allocate an address in the second network to the subscriber and to provide a mapping between the subscriber's address and a first subscriber's identifier; a gateway which interfaces the first network to the second network and assigns the subscriber's address to the mobile station; a service token injector linked with the gateway and apt to intercept the data packets generated from the endpoint station and directed to the second network through the gateway and to capture in the data packet at least the subscriber's address, and an identity authority logical entity linked with the service token injector.
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