Terminal device IP address authentication
A code is received from a terminal device in lieu of a user name and password. A subscriber identifier corresponding to an IP address of the terminal device is located. Subscriber information corresponding to the identifier is located, and it is determining whether a subscriber has access to a requested service.
1 . A device comprising:
a processor; and
logic which, when applied to the processor in response to receiving a service request, results in
locating a subscriber identifier corresponding to an IP address;
locating subscriber information corresponding to the identifier; and
determining whether a subscriber has access to a requested service.
2 . The device of claim 1 further comprising:
logic which, when applied to the processor, results in the acts of claim 1 in response to receiving a code from a terminal device, the code indicating that a unique username and password will not be provided by the terminal device.
3 . The device of claim 2 further comprising:
logic which, when applied to the processor, results in communication of the code and IP address to a service provider.
4 . The device of claim 1 further comprising:
logic which, when applied to the processor, results in forming an account name from the identifier.
5 . The device of claim 1 wherein the identifier is an MSISDN.
6 . The device of claim 5 further comprising:
logic which, when applied to the processor, results in querying a RADIUS server to locate the subscriber identifier corresponding to the IP address.
7 . A terminal device comprising:
a processor; and
logic which, when applied to the processor, results in
communicating to a network, in lieu of a user name and password, a code to cause the network to authenticate and authorize access to a service, the authentication and authorization based upon an IP address assigned to the terminal device by the network and upon a unique identifier provided by the terminal device to the network during an earlier attach process.
8 . The terminal device of claim 7 further comprising:
client logic associated with a service provider, which, when applied to the processor to access the service provider, results in communicating the code and IP address to the network in lieu of communicating a user name and password.
9 . A method comprising:
receiving a code from a terminal device in lieu of a user name and password;
locating a subscriber identifier corresponding to an IP address of the terminal device;
locating subscriber information corresponding to the identifier; and
determining whether a subscriber has access to a requested service.
10 . The method of claim 9 further comprising:
communicating the code and IP address to at least one service provider to obtain authorization for the services of the at least one service provider.
11 . The method of claim 9 further comprising:
forming from the identifier an account name for the subscriber.
12 . The method of claim 9 wherein the identifier is an MSISDN.
13 . The method of claim 12 further comprising:
querying a RADIUS server to locate the MSISDN corresponding to the IP address.