# US 2013/0160080 A1 · Apparatus and method for verifying application user

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- Number: US 2013/0160080 A1
- Document ID: US20130160080A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/715,147
- Filed: 2012-12-14
- Published: 2013-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2011-12-14
- Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Jae-Young Shin; Young-Hwan Ryu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130160080A1

## CPC

- H04L 63/08: {for authentication of entities (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32)}
- H04L 63/205: {involving negotiation or determination of the one or more network security mechanisms to be used, e.g. by negotiation between the client and the server or between peers or by selection according to the capabilities of the entities involved (negotiation of communication capabilities H04L69/24)}
- H04W 4/14: Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

Apparatus and a method for verifying application users includes an application installed in user equipment, a communication unit configured to communicate to verify a user of the application, and a control unit configured to select a user verification type for the application from a plurality of user verification types, based on a predetermined condition, and control the communication unit based on the selected user verification type to perform user verification. The apparatus and method provide a number of types of verification against various cases which wound otherwise allow no verification, depending on whether SMS messages can be transmitted, application provider policies, etc., so that users of applications can be verified in a fast and convenient manner.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An application user verification apparatus comprising:
an application installed in user equipment;
a communication unit configured to communicate to verify a user of the application; and
a control unit configured to select a user verification type for the application from a plurality of user verification types, based on a predetermined condition, and control the communication unit based on the selected user verification type to perform user verification.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The application user verification apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of user verification types includes a self-SMS type and a non-self-SMS type.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The application user verification apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predetermined condition is determined by whether SMS messages can be transmitted and application provider policies.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The application user verification apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the control unit is configured to perform user verification in the user verification type of the self-SMS type and, when user verification fails, to perform user verification in the non-self-SMS type.

### Claim 5

An application user verification method, the method comprising:
selecting a user verification type for an application from a plurality of user verification types based on a predetermined condition; and
performing user verification in the selected user verification type.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The application user verification method as claimed in claim 5, further comprising performing user verification, when user verification in the selected user verification type fails, in a user verification type different from the selected user verification type.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The application user verification method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the plurality of user verification types include a self-SMS type and a non-self-SMS type.

### Claim 8 (depends on 5)

The application user verification method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the predetermined condition is determined by whether SMS messages can be transmitted and application provider policies.