US 12,598,469 B2 · Dynamic identification generation for telecommunications network user equipment

Abstract

Systems and methods for dynamic identification generation for telecommunications network user equipment (UE) are provided. Embodiments of the present disclosure, generate a device identifier (ID) for UE that access services provided by a network. In some of the embodiments described herein, instrumentation instances are executed which may take measurements of UE memory states for use as measurement fingerprints. Measurement fingerprints may be combined with pre-provisioned elements to generate a device ID. A UE may generate measurement fingerprints based on measurements of device memory states corresponding to a predefined set of one or more tasks executed by the UE; generate a registration ID for the UE based on pre-provisioned elements associated with the UE; generate the device ID as a function of the set of measurement fingerprints and the registration ID; and transmit a message comprising the device ID to a network function of a network.

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Dependent claims

A system for identifying user equipment (UE) on a network, the system comprising:

one or more processors;
and
one or more computer-readable media storing computer-usable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
generate a set of measurement fingerprints for a UE representing one or more snapshots of one or more measurements of device memory states, the device memory states produced by execution of a predefined set of one or more UE start-up sequence tasks or UE operating system initialization tasks executed by the UE;
generate a registration identifier (ID) for the UE based on a set of one or more pre-provisioned elements associated with the UE;
generate a device ID as a function of the set of measurement fingerprints and the registration ID;
determine a validity of the device ID based on cross-referencing the registration ID with a registration ID ledger, and cross-referencing the set of measurement fingerprints with a fingerprint history ledger;
and
transmit a message comprising the device ID to a network function of a network to request access to at least one service provided via the network based on the validity of the device ID.

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A method for identifying user equipment (UE) on a network, the method comprising:

generating a set of measurement fingerprints for a UE representing one or more snapshots of one or more measurements of device memory states, the device memory states produced by execution of a predefined set of one or more UE startup sequence tasks or UE operating system initialization tasks executed by the UE;
generating a registration ID for the UE based on a set of one or more pre-provisioned elements associated with the UE;
generating a device ID as a function of the set of measurement fingerprints and the registration ID, the device ID comprising a first component that includes the set of measurement fingerprints and a second component that includes the registration ID;
determining a validity of the device ID based on cross-referencing the registration ID with a registration ID ledger, and cross-referencing the set of measurement fingerprints with a fingerprint history ledger;
and
transmitting a message comprising the device ID to a network function of a network to request access to at least one service provided via the network based on the validity of the device ID.

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A telecommunications network, the network comprising:

a network operator core, wherein a user equipment (UE) communicates with the network operator core through an access network;
and
one or more processing units to:
receive a device identifier (ID) from the UE, the device ID comprising a first component that includes a set of measurement fingerprints derived from one or more snapshots of one or more measurements of device memory states, the device memory states produced by execution of a predefined set of one or more UE startup sequence tasks or UE operating system initialization tasks executed by the UE, and a second component that includes a registration ID derived from a set of one or more pre-provisioned elements associated with the UE;
determine a validity of the device ID based on cross-referencing the registration ID with a registration ID ledger, and cross-referencing the set of measurement fingerprints with a fingerprint history ledger;
and
output a device ID validation result based on the validity of the device ID.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Dynamic identification generation for telecommunications network user equipment

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