Registration of devices for use of one or more services

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11166252-B2
Application number	US-202016783480-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 6, 2020
Priority date	Feb 19, 2015
Publication date	Nov 2, 2021
Grant date	Nov 2, 2021

Abstract

A device profile manager receives notification of a user operating a mobile communication device in a subscriber domain. In response to detecting authorized usage of the mobile communication device in the subscriber domain, the device profile manager initiates registering of the mobile communication device and/or corresponding non-head of household user for subsequent use of incremental subscription services assigned to the subscriber domain. Subsequent to auto-registration of the mobile communication device to use services associated with the subscriber domain, the non-head of household user operating the mobile communication device is able to use the incremental subscription services assigned to the subscriber domain based on the identifier value of the mobile communication device without submission of access credentials.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method comprising:
mapping an identity of a mobile communication device operated by a respective user to a corresponding location of a subscriber domain to which the mobile communication device is associated;
retrieving advertising information pertinent to the corresponding location of the subscriber domain; and
while the mobile communication device is operated by the respective user at a location outside of the subscriber domain, transmitting the advertising information to the mobile communication device for display to the respective user;
wherein the identity of the mobile communication device is a unique identifier value assigned to the mobile communication device, the method further comprising:
via the unique identifier value, verifying that the mobile communication device is authorized to use a wireless access point disposed at the location outside of the subscriber domain; and
wherein transmitting the advertising information includes: subsequent to the verifying, communicating the advertising information through the wireless access point to the mobile communication device for display to the user.

2. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the identity is a unique address value assigned to the mobile communication device.

3. The method as in claim 1 further comprising:
receiving the identity of the mobile communication device based on wireless communications from the mobile communication device to the wireless access point disposed at the location outside the subscriber domain.

4. The method as in claim 3 , wherein the advertising information indicates presence of a business entity disposed in a geographical region within a predefined vicinity of the corresponding location of the subscriber domain.

5. The method as in claim 4 , wherein the wireless access point is disposed substantially outside of the predefined vicinity of the corresponding location of the subscriber domain.

6. The method as in claim 1 , wherein the identity of the mobile communication device is a unique identifier value of the mobile communication device, the method further comprising:
via the unique identifier value, verifying that the mobile communication device is authorized to use the wireless access point disposed at the location outside of the subscriber domain.

7. The method as in claim 1 ,
wherein mapping the identity of the mobile communication device includes: i) receiving the unique identifier value from the mobile communication device; and ii) via the unique identifier value, identifying the corresponding location of the subscriber domain.

8. The method as in claim 1 , wherein transmitting the advertising information includes:
initiating display of the advertising information as an overlay message over a rendition of an image currently displayed on a display screen of the mobile communication device.

9. The method as in claim 1 further comprising:
transmitting the advertising information to the mobile communication device as a condition of the mobile communication device using a respective wireless service provided by the wireless access point at the location.

10. The method as in claim 1 further comprising:
automatically registering the mobile communication device with the subscriber domain in response to detecting the mobile communication device using a gateway associated with the subscriber domain to access a remote network.

11. The method as in claim 1 , wherein registering the mobile communication device includes storing a network address of the mobile communication device as a basis in which to provide the mobile communication device a network access service outside the subscriber domain.

12. The method as in claim 11 further comprising:
providing the mobile communication device use of the network access service based on the unique identifier value without requiring the user of the mobile communication device to provide additional credentials.

13. The method as in claim 1 further comprising:
generating a first notification indicating that the mobile communication device is authorized to use a first subscription service.

14. The method as in claim 1 further comprising:
prior to mapping the identity, automatically registering the mobile communication device with a network access service associated with the subscriber domain in response to detecting the mobile communication device using the network access service in the subscriber domain.

15. The method as in claim 14 further comprising:
communicating the advertising information to the mobile communication device via an advertisement function associated with the network address service.

16. The method as in claim 14 further comprising:
providing notification of the automatic registering to a head-of-household of the subscriber domain.

17. A system comprising:
an advertisement engine operative to:
map an identity of a mobile communication device operated by a respective user to a corresponding location of a subscriber domain to which the mobile communication device is associated;
retrieve advertising information pertinent to the corresponding location of the subscriber domain; and
while the mobile communication device is operated by the respective user at a location outside of the subscriber domain, via communications from a wireless network, transmit the advertising information to the mobile communication device for display to the respective user;
wherein the identity of the mobile communication device is a unique identifier value assigned to the mobile communication device, the advertisement engine further operative to:
via the unique identifier value, verify that the mobile communication device is authorized to use a wireless access point disposed at the location outside of the subscriber domain; and
subsequent to verification of the mobile communication device, communicate the advertising information through the wireless access point to the mobile communication device for display to the user.

18. The system as in claim 17 , wherein the identity is a unique address value assigned to the mobile communication device.

19. The system as in claim 18 , wherein the advertisement engine is further operative to:
receive the identity of the mobile communication device based on communications from the mobile communication device to the wireless access point disposed at the location outside the subscriber domain.

20. The system as in claim 19 , wherein the advertising information indicates presence of a business entity disposed in a geographical region within a predefined vicinity of the corresponding location of the subscriber domain.

21. The system as in claim 20 , wherein the wireless access point is disposed substantially outside of the predefined vicinity of the corresponding location of the subscriber domain.

22. The system as in claim 17 , wherein the identity of the mobile communication device is a unique identifier value of the mobile communication device, the advertisement engine further operative to:
via the unique identifier value, verify that the mobile communication device is authorized to use the wireless access point disposed at the location outside of the subscriber domain.

23. The system as in claim 17 ,
wherein the advertisement engine is further operative to: i) receive the unique identifier value from the mobile communication device; and ii) via the unique identifier value, identify the corresponding location of the subscriber domain.

Assignees

• Time Warner Cable Entpr Llc

Inventors

• Britt Douglass J
• Tebell Carl K
• Cerbone Robert A
• Stern Peter

Classifications

• H04W12/065

  Continuous authentication · 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

• H04W84/12

  WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] · CPC title

• H04W12/08

  Access security · CPC title

• H04W60/04 Primary

  using triggered events · CPC title