Content control in telecommunications networks
US9609516B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 24, 2013 |
| Grant date | Mar 28, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 21, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W12/086
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A telecommunications network including: a mobile device (10); a home network (12) with which the mobile device (10) user has a subscription including content preferences, the home network (12) including a content preference store (94) for storing the content preferences, a policy provisioning server (9) for indicating content preferences to mobile device (10) and home authenticating means (13) for performing authentication of the mobile device (10); and a further network (38) having at least one access point (11) with which the mobile device (10) can temporarily communicate and further authenticating means (42) for controlling registration of the mobile device (10) with the access point (11); wherein: the further authentication means (42) is operable to communicate with the home authentication means (12) to perform an authentication process for the mobile device (10) when the mobile device (10) connects to the access point (11), which authentication process accesses data from the content preference store (94) storing the user content preferences, determines if the further network (38) can satisfy the content preferences, and controls registration of the mobile device (10) with the …
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