A method and apparatus for validating a terminal for access to a network that includes a central office having a memory for storing an equipment identity record and a local office having a memory for storing a subscriber record and an access count. The equipment identity record and the subscriber record each store an access authorization status of the terminal. Network access for the terminal is requested at the local office and a value of the access count at the local office is incremented when the value of the access count is less than a predetermined number. The access status of the terminal stored in the equipment identity record at the central office is requested by the local office when the terminal requests access for the first time or the value of the access count equals the predetermined number. The access authorization status of the terminal stored in the equipment identity record is sent to the local office in response to the request. The requested access status of the terminal is received at the local office and stored in the subscriber record. The value of the access count is reset in response to receiving the requested access status and access to the network is provided based on the access status stored in the subscriber record.
A system and method in a radio telecommunications network for automatically conveying a Wireless Office System (WOS) frequency set to a mobile station (MS) belonging to the WOS. The network includes a public cell, and a private WOS located within the public cell. A WOS controller sends the WOS frequency set from the WOS to an Equipment Identity Register (EIR) in the network whenever the WOS changes its frequency set. When the MS registers in the public cell in which the WOS is located, a mobile switching center (MSC) serving the public cell notifies an Intelligent Roaming Database (IRDB) of the registration. The IRDB fetches the WOS frequency set from the database, and obtains location information for the MS from a home location register (HLR). The IRDB then sends the WOS frequency set to the MS in an IS-136 R-DATA message.
A method enabling the detection of stolen mobile communication devices by configuring a Centralized Equipment Identification Register (C-EIR) (120), identifying the Equipment Identification Numbers of stolen mobile communication devices, storing the Equipment Identification Numbers of stolen mobile communication devices in a repository (380) and enabling third party retrieval of the Equipment Identification Numbers of stolen mobile communication devices thus enabling detection of the stolen mobile communication devices and related systems.
A method determines whether a given mobile communication device is eligible to register for a particular service. A first database tracks the equipment capabilities of various mobile devices. A second database tracks which regions, of a plurality, of geographic regions are eligible to receive the service. These databases are checked when the system receives a request to register for the service.
The invention relates to a method for storing and informing at least one property of a wireless communication device (MS1 MS4) to a mobile communication network (PLMN). Parameter data of said at least one property of said wireless communication device (MS1 MS4) is stored in said wireless communication device (MS1 MS4), and transmitted from said wireless communication device (MS1 MS4) to the mobile communication network (PLMN).
The present invention describes a privilege transfer method between programs in a computing system. This transfer method allows a resource manager such as a security manager to be initially started on the system by the system's native privileged user. This user has the needed native privilege to add it to the system. Subsequently the privilege to administer the security manager is transferred from the native privileged identity to a designated user identity. Once transferred, the initial privileged identity, the system's native privileged user, losses privilege with respect to the security manager and the new registered identity gains administrative control over the security manager. Since the new registered identity is not the native root identity, the security of the native system is not compromised.
