Wirelessly accessing broadband services using intelligent cards

US8776189B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DeviceFidelity, Inc. · US

Inventor

• Deepak Jain · Garland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 12, 2008
• Grant date: Jul 8, 2014
• Expiry date: May 22, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02D30/70
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for wirelessly accessing broadband services using intelligent cards. In some implementations, a broadband service card includes a physical interface, a communication module, secure memory, and service module. The physical interface connects to a port of a consumer host device. The communication module wirelessly receives RF signals from and transmits RF signals to a wireless broadband network. The secure memory stores user credentials used to securely authenticate the card and access a service foreign to the consumer host device through the wireless broadband network independent of the consumer host device. The user credentials are associated with a broadband service provider. The service module accesses the foreign service using the user credentials in response to at least an event and transmits a service request to the broadband service provider using the wireless broadband core network.