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US 10,764,743 B1Granted
Providing a service with location-based authorization
AssigneeCSC Holdings, LLC
InventorsLawrence Robert Martell, Brett Henriksen, Michael Lariccio, Brian Sweeney
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Abstract
Methods and systems for providing a service are provided. A request is received to provide the service to a device. A location of the device, or a network interface through which the device is coupled, is determined. Finally, the delivery of the service is authorized based on the determined location of the device, or the determined network interface.
Claims20
A server, comprising:
- a memory that stores a subscriber profile, the subscriber profile including an authorized location in which a subscriber device is authorized to access a service and network identification information associated with the subscriber device when accessing the service;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- estimate a location of the subscriber device in response to receiving a service request to access the service from the subscriber device, the service request including network interface information associated with the subscriber device,
- authorize the access to the service to the subscriber device when the location of the subscriber device matches the authorized location and the network interface information matches the network identification information, and
- deny the access to the service when the location of the subscriber device does not match the authorized location or the network interface information does not match the network identification information.
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A method for providing a service, the method comprising:
- storing, by a server, a subscriber profile, the subscriber profile including an authorized location in which a subscriber device is authorized to access the service and network identification information associated with the subscriber device when accessing the service;
- estimating, by the server, a location of the subscriber device in response to receiving a service request to access the service from the subscriber device, the service request including network interface information associated with the subscriber device;
- authorizing, by the server, the access to the service to the subscriber device when the location of the subscriber device matches the authorized location and the network interface information matches the network identification information;
- and
- denying, by the server, the access to the service when the location of the subscriber device does not match the authorized location or the network interface information does not match the network identification information.
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A server, comprising:
- a memory that stores a subscriber profile, the subscriber profile including user authentication information associated with a subscriber of a service and network identification information associated with a subscriber device when accessing the service;
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- a processor configured to:
- receive a service request to access the service from the subscriber device, the service request including network interface information associated with the subscriber device to send the service request,
- authorize the access to the service to the subscriber device when a user identifier matches the user authentication information and the network interface information matches the network identification information, and
- deny the access to the service when the user identifier does not match the user authentication information stored in the subscriber profile or the network interface information does not match the network identification information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.