Charging Method, Access Network Device, and Gateway Device
US-2015381823-A1 · Dec 31, 2015 · US
Certified device-based accounting
US8977232B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-8977232-B2 |
| Application number | US-36220309-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Jan 29, 2009 |
| Priority date | Jan 29, 2009 |
| Publication date | Mar 10, 2015 |
| Grant date | Mar 10, 2015 |
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Providing for secure tracking and reporting of wireless resources utilized by a mobile device is described herein. By way of example, resources utilized in conjunction with network-facilitated or peer-to-peer wireless data exchange can be tracked in secure, tamper-resistant components of the mobile device. Further, a report can be compiled from the tracked information and digitally signed with a secret data/material specific to the mobile device. The signed report can be submitted to a network server in conjunction with accounting, billing or like functions. By validating the signature of a mobile device, the network server can trust that information collected and submitted by user devices has not been tampered with or spoofed with an ID of another such device.
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What is claimed is: 1. A method of accounting for wireless communications, comprising: receiving a reported resource usage submitted by a user terminal (UT), the reported resource usage including ad hoc wireless resources used by the UT and resources used by other UTs communicating in ad hoc mode with the UT over a direct wireless link and certified with a terminal-specific digital signature; validating the reported usage; identifying a subset of the reported usage that is per…
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Electricity · mapped topic
Electricity · mapped topic
Electricity · mapped topic
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Electricity · mapped topic
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- What does patent US8977232B2 cover?
- Providing for secure tracking and reporting of wireless resources utilized by a mobile device is described herein. By way of example, resources utilized in conjunction with network-facilitated or peer-to-peer wireless data exchange can be tracked in secure, tamper-resistant components of the mobile device. Further, a report can be compiled from the tracked information and digitally signed with …
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Vanderveen Michaela, Stephens Arthur, Park Vincent D, and 1 more
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification H04L12/1403. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
- When was this patent published?
- Publication date Tue Mar 10 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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- We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).