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US 10,095,746 B2Granted
Contextual ownership
AssigneesAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
InventorsJohn P. Davis, III, Quinn Aguirre, Fulvio Cenciarelli, Jeffrey Mikan
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Abstract
Consistent contextual patterns may confirm ownership. Current usage of mobile and smart devices may be compared to historical usage. If a device is being used as historically observed, then ownership of the device may be confirmed. If, however, the current usage fails to coincide with historical usage, new ownership may be inferred.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a server providing a cloud-based ownership service, a current context associated with global positioning system information reported by a smart device;
- querying, by the server providing the cloud-based ownership service, an electronic database for the global positioning system information reported by the smart device, the electronic database electronically associating historical contexts reported by the smart device at different times and locations;
- identifying, by the server providing the cloud-based ownership service, a historical context of the historical contexts from the electronic database that is electronically associated with the global positioning system information;
- determining, by the server providing the cloud-based ownership service, a usage difference between the current context and the historical context identified from the electronic database;
- comparing, by the server providing the cloud-based ownership service, the usage difference to an ownership threshold;
- determining, by the server providing the cloud-based ownership service, a new ownership of the smart device in response to the usage difference failing to satisfy the ownership threshold;
- reauthenticating, by the server providing the cloud-based ownership service, the smart device for a security credential in response to the new ownership;
- closing, by the server providing the cloud-based ownership service, the electronic database to new entries in the historical contexts reported by the smart device in response to a failure of the security to authenticate;
- and
- disabling, by the server providing the cloud-based ownership service, a feature of the smart device in response to the failure of the security credential to authenticate.
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A system, comprising:
- a hardware processor;
- and
- a memory device, the memory device storing instructions, the instructions when executed causing the hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving a service set identifier and global positioning system information sent via a network from a mobile device, the mobile device reporting the service set identifier and the global positioning system information for a cloud-based ownership service;
- determining a current context based on the service set identifier;
- querying an electronic database for the service set identifier, the electronic database electronically associating historical contexts reported by the mobile device and service set identifiers;
- retrieving a historical context of the historical contexts from the electronic database that is electronically associated with the service set identifier;
- determining a usage difference between the current context and the historical context that is electronically associated with the service set identifier;
- comparing the usage difference to an ownership threshold;
- determining a new ownership of the mobile device in response to the usage difference failing to satisfy the ownership threshold;
- reauthenticating the mobile device for a security credential in response to the new ownership;
- closing the electronic database to new entries in the historical contexts reported by the mobile device in response to a failure of the security to authenticate;
- and
- disabling a feature of the mobile device in response to the failure of the security credential to authenticate.
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A memory device storing instructions that when executed cause a hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving a sequence of service set identifiers associated with a smart device requesting accesses to local wireless area networks;
- determining a current context associated with a cloud-based ownership service, the current context based on the sequence of the service set identifiers and global positioning system information reported by the smart device requesting the accesses to the local wireless area networks;
- querying an electronic database for the global positioning system information reported by the smart device, the electronic database electronically associating historical service set identifiers reported by the smart device;
- retrieving the historical service set identifiers from the electronic database that are electronically associated with the global positioning system information reported by the smart device;
- determining a usage difference between the current context reported by the smart device and the historical service set identifiers that are electronically associated with the global positioning system information;
- comparing the usage difference to an ownership threshold;
- determining a new ownership of the smart device in a response to the cloud-based ownership service, the new ownership based on the usage difference failing to satisfy the ownership threshold;
- reauthenticating the smart device for a security credential in response to the new ownership;
- closing the electronic database to new entries in the historical contexts reported by the smart device in response to a failure of the security to authenticate;
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- disabling a feature of the smart device in response to the failure of the security credential to authenticate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.