Granted Patent B2

US 8,213,907 · App. 12/828,473 · Granted Jul 3, 2012

Abstract

Claims (26)

1. A method for authenticating a mobile device, the method comprising:

generating a code to indicate a plurality of portions of a digital fingerprint to request from the mobile device, wherein each portion represents a parameter of a different component of the mobile device;

sending the code to a remote location; receiving from the remote location a response code representing the requested plurality of portions of the digital fingerprint; comparing each portion of the received plurality of portions with one or more predetermined codes; and

granting the mobile device an access privilege when a result of the comparison satisfies a predetermined minimum accuracy.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each portion of the digital fingerprint is based on one of a user-configurable parameter and a non-user-configurable parameter of the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of portions represent at least one user-configurable parameter and at least one non-user-configurable parameter of the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein sending the code to the remote location comprises sending the code to the mobile device using a short messaging system (SMS).

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein sending the code to the remote location comprises sending the code to an email address.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the response code is received via an SMS message from the mobile device.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method comprising steps for:

generating a code to indicate a plurality of portions of a digital fingerprint to request from a mobile device, wherein each portion represents a parameter of a different component of the mobile device;

sending the code to a remote location; receiving a response code representing the requested the plurality of portions of the digital fingerprint; comparing each portion of the received plurality of portions with one or more predetermined codes; and

granting the mobile device access privilege when a result of the comparison satisfies a predetermined minimum accuracy.

8. The computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein each parameter is based on one of a user-configurable parameter and a non-user-configurable parameter of the mobile device.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of portions represent at least one user-configurable parameter and at least one non-user-configurable parameter of the mobile device.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein sending the code to the remote location comprises sending the code to the mobile device using a short messaging system (SMS).

11. The computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein sending the code to the remote location comprises sending the code to an email address.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 7 wherein the receiving step further comprises receiving the response code via an SMS message from the mobile device.

13. A method for authenticating a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving a request code from a server in communication with the mobile device, the request code indicating a plurality of portions of a digital fingerprint of the mobile device, wherein each portion represents a parameter of a different component of the mobile device;

deriving the digital fingerprint from the request code; generating a response code that includes the derived digital fingerprint; and

transmitting the response code to a secure network to obtain an access privilege thereto for direct communication from the mobile device.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein each of the different parameters is one of a user-configurable parameter and a non-user-configurable parameter of the mobile device.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein the plurality of portions represent at least one user-configurable parameter and at least one non-user-configurable parameter of the mobile device.

16. The method of claim 13 , further comprising sending the response code to the server via short messaging system (SMS).

17. The method of claim 13 , further comprising sending the response code to the server via email.

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