User authentication in a mobile telecommunications system
US9485249B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 28, 2004 |
| Grant date | Nov 1, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 16, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/0846
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer, such as a Windows-based PC (10), has associated with it a Subscriber Identity Module (or SIM) (12), such as of the type used in a GSM cellular telephone system. The SIM (12) can be authenticated by the telephone network (16), in the same way as for authenticating SIMs of telephone handset users in the network, and can in this way authenticate the user of the PC (10) or the PC (10) itself. Such authentication can, for example, permit use of the PC (10) in relation to a particular application (22) which is released to the PC (10) after the authentication is satisfactorily completed. The application may be released to the PC (10) by a third party after and in response to the satisfactory completion of the authentication process. A charge for the session can be debited to the user by the telecommunications network and then passed on to the third party.
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