Internet protocol address and port-based identity service
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsGuanqun Bao, Raymond C. Counterman, Jae Won Chung
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Abstract
A method, a system, and a non-transitory storage medium provide an IP address and port-based identity service in which an anchor node of a wireless network stores identity information pertaining to a user of a mobile device in a centralized database. An authenticated and authorized web server may query the centralized database using the IP address or the IP address and port of an end device connected to the web server. The web server may obtain identity information pertaining to the user, such as a mobile telephone number.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- establishing, by a first network device, via a wireless network, a first packet data network connection with an end device, wherein the first network device assigns one of a network address or the network address and a port to the end device with respect to the establishment of the first packet data network connection;
- obtaining, by the first network device and in response to the establishing, identity information of the end device, wherein the identity information includes the one of the network address or the network address and the port, a telephone number of a user of the end device and, at least one of a user identifier of the user or a device identifier of the end device;
- generating, by the first network device, a message that includes the identity information in response to the obtaining;
- and
- transmitting, by the first network device, the message that includes the identity information to a second network device, in response to the generating.
A system comprising:
- a first network device, comprising
- a first communication interface;
- a first memory, wherein the first memory stores first instructions;
- and
- a first processor, wherein the first processor executes the first instructions to:
- establish, via the first communication interface and a wireless network, a first packet data network connection with an end device, wherein the establishment of the first packet data network connection includes an assignment of one of a network address or the network address and a port to the end device;
- obtain identity information of the end device in response to the establishment of the first packet data network connection, wherein the identity information includes the one of the network address or the network address and the port, a telephone number of a user of the end device and, at least one of a user identifier of the user or a device identifier of the end device;
- generate a message that includes the identity information in response to the obtainment of the identity information;
- and
- transmit, via the first communication interface, the message that includes the identity information to a second network device, in response to the obtainment of the identity information.
A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a processor of a computational device, which when executed cause the computational device to:
- establish, via a wireless network, a first packet data network connection with an end device, wherein the establishment of the first packet data network connection includes an assignment of one of a network address or the network address and a port to the end device;
- obtain identity information of the end device in response to the establishment of the first packet data network connection, wherein the identity information includes the one of the network address or the network address and the port, a telephone number of a user of the end device and, at least one of a user identifier of the user or a device identifier of the end device;
- generate a message that includes the identity information in response to the obtainment of the identity information;
- and
- transmit the message that includes the identity information to a network device, in response to the obtainment of the identity information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.