Automatic mobile device website login

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11064311-B2
Application number	US-201815977382-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 11, 2018
Priority date	Sep 19, 2008
Publication date	Jul 13, 2021
Grant date	Jul 13, 2021

Abstract

A processing system receives device registration information from a registered user of a website. The device registration information includes a registered telephone number assigned to a mobile communications device. The processing system receives a request for a homepage of the website from a requesting mobile communications device coupled to the processing system via a mobile carrier communications system. The Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the request is obtained, and the processing system obtains a telephone number currently associated with the IP address from a mobile carrier communications system. The processing system attempts to automatically login the requesting mobile communications device to the website by matching the telephone number currently associated with the IP address to the registered telephone number, and conditionally transmits different versions of the homepage based on whether the requesting mobile communications device has been automatically logged in to the website.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for use in a processing system configured to control access to a web site, the method comprising:
receiving at the processing system, from a first network connected device, device registration information from a registered user of a website, the device registration information including a registered telephone number assigned to a mobile communications device, wherein the first network connected device is a device other than the mobile communications device;
receiving at the processing system, a request for a homepage of the web site, the request for a homepage being received from a requesting mobile communications device coupled to the processing system via a mobile carrier communications system;
determining an Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the request for a homepage;
obtaining, from the mobile carrier communications system a telephone number currently associated with the IP address;
attempting to automatically login the requesting mobile communications device to the web site by matching the telephone number currently associated with the IP address to the registered telephone number; and
conditionally transmitting different versions of the homepage to the requesting mobile communications device based on whether the requesting mobile communications device has been automatically logged in to the website.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
storing an association between the registered telephone number and a user-specific version of the homepage; and
in response to the requesting mobile communications device automatically logging in to the website, transmitting the user-specific version of the homepage to the requesting mobile communications device.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to a failure of the requesting mobile communications device to automatically log in to the website, transmitting a general version of the homepage to the requesting mobile communications device.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
transmitting a token associated with one or more web service calls to the requesting mobile communications device; and
tracking user interactions with the one or more web service calls using the token.

5. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
transmitting an interstitial upon first access to one or more services provided via the general version of the homepage.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein conditionally transmitting includes:
transmitting different user-specific versions of the homepage to each of a plurality of requesting mobile communications devices associated with different registered telephone numbers; and
transmitting a same general version of the homepage to a plurality of requesting mobile communications devices associated with telephone numbers not matching a registered telephone number.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the request for a homepage of the website is a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) request; and
the different versions of the homepage are transmitted using WAP.

8. A system configured to control access to a website, the system comprising:
a processor;
memory coupled to the processor;
a program of instructions stored in the memory and executed by the processor, the program of instructions including:
at least one instruction to receive, from a first network connected device, device registration information from a registered user of a website, the device registration information including a registered telephone number assigned to a mobile communications device, wherein the first network connected device is a device other than the mobile communications device;
at least one instruction to receive a request for a homepage of the website, the request for a homepage being received from a requesting mobile communications device coupled to the system via a mobile carrier communications system;
at least one instruction to determine an Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the request for a homepage;
at least one instruction to obtain, from the mobile carrier communications system, a telephone number currently associated with the IP address;
at least one instruction to attempt automatic login of the requesting mobile communications device to the website by matching the telephone number currently associated with the IP address to the registered telephone number; and
at least one instruction to conditionally transmit different versions of the homepage to the requesting mobile communications device based on whether the requesting mobile communications device has been automatically logged in to the website.

9. The system of claim 8 , further comprising:
at least one instruction to store an association between the registered telephone number and a user-specific version of the homepage; and
at least one instruction to transmit the user-specific version of the homepage to the requesting mobile communications device in response to the requesting mobile device being automatically logged in to the website.

10. The system of claim 8 , further comprising:
at least one instruction to transmit a general version of the homepage to the requesting mobile communications device in response to a failure of the requesting mobile communications device to automatically log in to the website.

11. The system of claim 10 , further comprising:
at least one instruction to transmit a token associated with one or more web service calls to the requesting mobile communications device; and
at least one instruction to track user interactions with the one or more web service calls using the token.

12. The system of claim 10 , further comprising:
at least one instruction to transmit an interstitial upon first access to one or more services provided via the general version of the homepage.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein conditionally transmitting includes:
transmitting different user-specific versions of the homepage to each of a plurality of requesting mobile communications devices associated with different registered telephone numbers; and
transmitting a same general version of the homepage to a plurality of requesting mobile communications devices associated with telephone numbers not matching a registered telephone number.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein:
the request for a homepage of the website is a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) request; and
the different versions of the homepage are transmitted using WAP.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium tangibly embodying a program of instructions configured to be stored in a memory and executed by a processor, the program of instructions including:
at least one instruction to receive, from a first network connected device, device registration information from a registered user of a website, the device registration information including a registered telephone number assigned to a mobile communications device, wherein the first network connected device is a device other than the mobile communications device;
at least one instruction to receive a request for a homepage of the website, the request for a homepage being received from a requesting mobile communications device coupled to the processing system via a mobile carrier communications system;
at least one instruction to determine an Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the request for a homepage;
at least one instruction to obtain, from the mobile carrier communications system, a telephone number currently associated with the IP address;
at least one instruction to attempt automatic login of the requesting mobile communications

Assignees

• Iheartmedia Man Services Inc

Inventors

• Schwartz Evan
• Hamre Lasse
• Moss Michael R
• Mactiernan Daniel N

Classifications

• H04W4/12 Primary

  Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements · CPC title

• H04L61/35

  involving non-standard use of addresses for implementing network functionalities, e.g. coding subscription information within the address or functional addressing, i.e. assigning an address to a function · CPC title

• H04L51/58

  Message adaptation for wireless communication · CPC title

• H04L67/34

  involving the movement of software or configuration parameters  (network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416) · CPC title

• H04L67/06

  specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP] · CPC title