Method and apparatus for authenticated reporting in a mobile communication device
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsJyh-Han Lin, Wei-Hsing Lee, Ronald R. Smith, Biren Patel
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Abstract
A mobile communication device (200) has a software architecture (302) that includes a closed operating environment (306). The closed operating environment is inaccessible to the user of the mobile communication device, and it includes software for implementing a reporting function designed to collect certain information from within the mobile communication device, and to transmit it to an entity outside the mobile communication device, such as a server (310).
Claims14
A method for authenticated reporting in a mobile communication device, the mobile communication device having a closed operating environment, comprising:
- requesting information to be sent to an entity outside the mobile communication device, the requesting being performed by the entity outside of the closed operating environment;
- acquiring the information, performed by an entity inside the closed operating environment;
- establishing a secure connection with the entity outside of the closed operating environment from within the closed operating environment;
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- transmitting the information over the secure connection to the entity outside the mobile communication device, performed by the entity inside the closed operating environment.
A mobile communication device, comprising:
- a transceiver, the transceiver capable of establishing a packet data connection over an air interface with a wireless communication infrastructure network to a data network;
- a memory means for storing machine readable instruction code, the machine readable instruction code for establishing a open operating environment and a closed operating environment, the closed operating environment including a reporting function that acquires information about the mobile communication device upon receiving a request message, and transmitting the information over the packet data connection in an encrypted form to an entity connected t the network.
A method for authenticated location reporting in mobile communication device, the mobile communication device having a closed operating environment and an open operating environment, comprising:
- requesting location information to be sent to a location server, the requesting being performed by an entity outside the closed operating environment;
- acquiring the location information, performed by a reporting function operating in the closed operating environment;
- establishing a secure connection with the location server, performed by the reporting function, the secure connection being established over a data connection via an air interface with a wireless communication system infrastructure network and subsequently to an internet connection;
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- transmitting the information over the secure connection to the location server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.