Dual mode service WiFi access control

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10278026-B2
Application number	US-201715403744-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 11, 2017
Priority date	Aug 18, 2006
Publication date	Apr 30, 2019
Grant date	Apr 30, 2019

Abstract

The provision of dual mode services is facilitated. Access to the dual mode services is controlled by associating a mobile device to an access point. Subscribers are required to provide valid geographical addresses for access points associated with the mobile devices prior to provision of service. Consequently, physical addresses are necessarily available for emergency services (e.g., E911). Mobile devices are restricted to specific access points based upon the access point identifiers automatically provided during initialization of service and maintained for authorization purposes.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile device, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
sending, to a network device associated with a wireless network service provider identity, a request for a dual mode service of the network device, the request comprising a geographical address;
receiving, from the network device, a confirmation that the geographical address is valid;
based on the receiving the confirmation, sending, to the network device via a home access point device, a home access point device identifier that identifies the home access point device; and
receiving, from the network device, an activation message indicating the dual mode service has been activated for the mobile device based on reception of the home access point device identifier and replacement of a default home access point device identifier with the home access point device identifier in response to a determination that the geographical address is valid.

2. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the geographical address corresponds to a physical location of the home access point device.

3. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the sending the home access point device identifier comprises sending the home access point device identifier based on a determination that the default home access point device identifier is associated with a dual mode service registration for the mobile device.

4. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the sending the home access point device identifier comprises initiating establishment of a secure internet protocol tunnel with the network device via the home access point device based on a determination that the default home access point device identifier is associated with a dual mode service registration for the mobile device.

5. The mobile device of claim 4 , wherein the sending the home access point device identifier comprises sending the home access point device identifier using an unstructured support services data message.

6. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
connecting to the home access point device; and
receiving the dual mode service via the home access point device based on the connecting and activation of the dual mode service for the mobile device.

7. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the determination that the geographical address is valid is based on an availability of an emergency service for the geographical address.

8. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the determination that the geographical address is valid is based on a street address of a billing record determined to correspond to the geographical address.

9. A method, comprising:
sending, by a mobile device comprising a processor, a registration request to a network device associated with an identity of a wireless network service provider to receive a dual mode service of the network device associated with the identity, the request comprising a geographical address;
receiving, by the mobile device, a confirmation that the geographical address is valid;
based on the receiving the confirmation, sending, by the mobile device to the network device via a home access point device, home access point device data that identifies the home access point device; and
receiving, by the mobile device from the network device, a registration message indicating the mobile device has been registered to receive the dual mode service via the home access point device based on the home access point device data being determined to be received and default home access point device data being replaced with the home access point device data in response to a determination that the geographical address is valid.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the geographical address corresponds to a physical location of the home access point device.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the sending the home access point device data comprises sending the home access point device data based on a determination that the default home access point device data is associated with a registration for the mobile device with the dual mode service.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the sending the home access point device data comprises facilitating establishment of a secure internet protocol tunnel with the network device via the home access point device based on a determination that the default home access point device data is associated with a registration for the mobile device with the dual mode service.

13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
connecting, by the mobile device, to the home access point device; and
receiving, by the mobile device, the dual mode service via the home access point device based on the connecting and registration of the dual mode service for the mobile device.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the determination that the geographical address is valid is based on an availability of an emergency service for the geographical address.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the determination that the geographical address is valid is based on a street address of a billing record determined to correspond to the geographical address.

16. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a mobile device, facilitate performance of operations, comprising: sending a registration request to a network device associated with an identity of a wireless network service provider to receive a dual mode service of the network device, the request comprising a geographical address; receiving a confirmation message indicating a confirmation that the geographical address is valid; based on the receiving the confirmation message, sending, via a home access point device, home access point device data to the network device that identifies the home access point device; and in response to a determination that the geographical address is valid, receiving a registration message indicating the mobile device has been registered to receive the dual mode service via the home access point device based on the home access point device data being determined to be received and default home access point device data being determined to have been replaced with the home access point device data.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the determination is a first determination, and wherein the operations further comprise, prior to the sending the registration request: sending, via the access point device, a request for the dual mode service from the network device; and receiving a denial of the request based on a second determination that a default home access point identifier is associated with a registration account for the mobile device and the dual mode service.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the confirmation that the geographical address is valid is based on an availability of an emergency service for the geographical address.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the confirmation that the geographical address is valid is based on a street address of a billing record determined to correspond to the geographical address.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the geographical address corresponds to a physical location of the home access point device.

Assignees

• At & T Mobility Ii Llc

Inventors

• Glass David
• Abu-Dayya Adnan

Classifications

• H04L67/306

  User profiles · CPC title

• H04W8/265

  for initial activation of new user · CPC title

• H04W8/26

  Network addressing or numbering for mobility support · CPC title

• H04W8/18

  Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data · CPC title

• H04W64/00

  Locating users or terminals {or network equipment} for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management · CPC title