Enhanced manageability in wireless data communication systems
A cellular network system comprises a device identifier comparator and a connection enable indicator. A device identifier comparator for comparing a received device identifier with one of a plurality of stored device identifiers, wherein the one of the stored plurality of stored device identifiers is associated with a stored subscriber identifier. A connection enable indicator for indicating whether a connection from a cellular device associated with the received device identifier to a data network associated with the cellular network system should be enabled.
1. A cellular network system comprising:
a data network associated with the cellular network system;
at least one server coupled to the data network, comprising: a receiver configured for receiving a device identifier and a subscriber identifier from at least one mobile device;
and a processor comprising a connection enable indicator configured for enabling a data network connection and a device identifier comparator configured for comparing the received device identifier to at least one of a plurality of stored device identifiers, each stored device identifier being associated with at least one of a plurality of stored subscriber identifiers,
wherein the connection enable indicator is configured to enable a data network connection between the mobile device and the data network when the device identifier comparator identifies a match between the received device identifier to at least one of the plurality of stored device identifiers, and when no match occurs the processor is configured to replace a stored device identifier corresponding to the received subscriber identifier with the received device identifier according to a condition associated with the received subscriber identifier, wherein each received subscriber identifier is associated with at least one of the plurality of stored subscriber identifiers; and
wherein when no match occurs, the connection enable indicator is configured to enable a data network connection according to the condition associated with the received subscriber identifier and enable at least one of a subscription initiation, a re-subscription, a provisioning, re-provisioning, a configuration, and a re-configuration;
wherein the condition is defined by at least one of a plurality of rules stored in a device rules data base, each rule is associated with at least one of the plurality of stored subscriber identifiers;
wherein the connection enable indicator is configured to enable the data network connection based at least in part on one of the plurality of rules;
wherein at least one of the plurality of rules indicates whether the received device identifier replaces the stored device.
2. A cellular network system as in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of rules indicates whether an alert is to be sent based on the received device identifier.
3. A cellular network system as in claim 1 , wherein the received device identifier is based at least in part on information in a username field.
4. A cellular network system as in claim 1 , wherein the received device identifier is based at least in part on information in a password field.
5. A cellular network system as in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of rules indicates whether an alert is to be logged based on the received device identifier.
6. A cellular network system as in claim 1 , wherein the received subscriber identifier is based at least in part on information in a username field.
7. A cellular network system as in claim 1 , wherein the received subscriber identifier is based at least in part on information in a password field.
8. A cellular network system as in claim 1 , wherein the received subscriber identifier is encoded.
9. A method for authentication in a cellular network system comprising:
receiving, in a server coupled to a data network associated with the cellular network system, a device identifier and a subscriber identifier from at least one mobile device;
comparing the received device identifier to at least one of a plurality of stored device identifiers utilizing a device identifier comparator in a processor of the server, each stored device identifier being associated with at least one of a plurality of stored subscriber identifiers;
enabling a data network connection, utilizing a connection enable indicator in the processor, between the mobile device and the data network when the device identifier comparator identifies a match between the received device identifier to at least one of the plurality of stored device identifiers;
replacing, utilizing the processor, a stored device identifier corresponding to the received subscriber identifier with the received device identifier according to a condition associated with the received subscriber identifier when no match occurs, wherein each received subscriber identifier is associated with at least one of the plurality of stored subscriber identifiers; and
wherein when no match occurs, the connection enable indicator enables a data network connection according to the condition associated with the received subscriber identifier and enables at least one of a subscription initiation, a re-subscription, a provisioning, re-provisioning, a configuration, and a re-configuration;
wherein the condition is defined by at least one of a plurality of rules stored in a device rules data base, each rule is associated with at least one of the plurality of stored subscriber identifiers; wherein the connection enable indicator enables the data network connection based at least in part on one of the plurality of rules; and wherein at least one of the plurality of rules indicates whether the received device identifier replaces the stored device identifier corresponding to the received subscriber identifier.
10. A method as in claim 9 , wherein at least one of the plurality of rules indicates whether an alert is to be sent based on the received device identifier.
11. A method as in claim 9 , wherein the received device identifier is based at least in part on information in a username field.
12. A method as in claim 9 , wherein the received device identifier is based at least in part on information in a password field.
13. A method as in claim 9 , wherein the received device identifier is associated with a received subscriber identifier.
14. A method as in claim 9 , wherein the received subscriber identifier is based at least in part on information in a username field.
15. A method as in claim 9 , wherein the received subscriber identifier is based at least in part on information in a password field.
16. A method as in claim 9 , wherein the received subscriber identifier is encoded.