Patent · US Expired

Secure remote subscription module access

US8295808B2 · kind B2 · utility

7Cited by
21References
36Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 22, 2002
Grant dateOct 23, 2012
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 22, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W8/20
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of granting a client communications terminal access to a subscription module of a server communications terminal, the method comprising the steps of establishing a communications link between the client communications terminal and the server communications terminal; communicating data related to the subscription module between the server communications terminal and the client communications terminal via the communications link; authenticating the client communications terminal by the subscription module using a key-based authentication procedure; and initiating the step of communicating data related to the subscription module conditioned on a result of the step of authenticating the client communications device. The present invention further relates to an arrangement for granting access to a subscription module in a communications system. The present invention also relates to a server communications terminal comprising a subscription module, a client communications terminal and a subscription module.

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