Method, apparatus, and computer program product for authenticating subscriber communications at a network server

US8964633B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8964633-B2
Application numberUS-67812807-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateFeb 23, 2007
Priority dateFeb 23, 2007
Publication dateFeb 24, 2015
Grant dateFeb 24, 2015

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An apparatus for authenticating subscriber communications at a network server includes a determining element and an identification element in communication with the determining element. The determining element may be configured to receive an incoming message. The identification extractor may be configured to extract a device identifier and an address identifier from the incoming message. The determining element may be further configured to determine whether the device identifier and the address identifier of the incoming message match both a registered device identifier and a registered address identifier associated with the registered device identifier, respectively.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method for processing communications at a server for a server application comprising: receiving at the server incoming messages from a device, wherein each incoming message is directed to a particular service, and wherein the server is directly associated with providing the particular service of the incoming messages; determining whether each incoming message is a registration message, or a non-registration message; extracting, from each incoming messa…

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What does patent US8964633B2 cover?
An apparatus for authenticating subscriber communications at a network server includes a determining element and an identification element in communication with the determining element. The determining element may be configured to receive an incoming message. The identification extractor may be configured to extract a device identifier and an address identifier from the incoming message. The de…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Ephraim Robert M, Tu Fangqiu, Kalbag Rohit Satish, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04L65/1069. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Feb 24 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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