Wireless End-User Device Providing Ambient or Sponsored Services

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• A wireless mobile end-user device comprising:
• a wireless radio;
• a user interface;
• one or more processors including at least one application processor;
• an end-user device memory that includes a secure dedicated memory partition;
• the one or more processors configured to:
• establish a secure connection between the wireless mobile end-user device and one or more computing devices over a wireless network via the wireless radio;
• receive from the one or more computing devices a purchase confirmation request for an electronic mobile commerce transaction;
• in response to receiving the purchase confirmation request, provide, using the user interface, (i) information relating to the electronic mobile commerce transaction to a device user, the information including an amount of the electronic mobile commerce transaction, and (ii) a request to the device user for a user approval of the electronic mobile commerce transaction;
• and
• after providing the request to the device user for the user approval of the electronic mobile commerce transaction, receive the user approval of the electronic mobile commerce transaction by receiving a biometric response from the device user locally on the wireless mobile end-user device;
• wherein, after the one or more processors receive the user approval of the electronic mobile commerce transaction, the secure dedicated memory partition is configured to communicate a unique security key, via a secure communication link, in connection with a billing event that relates to the electronic mobile commerce transaction, wherein the unique security key is not accessible by the application processor.

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• A wireless mobile end-user device comprising:
• a wireless radio;
• a user interface;
• one or more processors including at least one application processor;
• an end-user device memory that includes a secure dedicated memory partition;
• the one or more processors configured to:
• establish a secure connection between the wireless mobile end-user device and one or more computing devices over a wireless network via the wireless radio;
• receive from the one or more computing devices a purchase confirmation request for an electronic mobile commerce transaction;
• in response to receiving the purchase confirmation request, provide, using the user interface, (i) information relating to the electronic mobile commerce transaction to a device user, the information including an amount of the electronic mobile commerce transaction, and (ii) a request to the device user for a user approval of the electronic mobile commerce transaction;
• and
• after providing the request to the device user for the user approval of the electronic mobile commerce transaction, receive the user approval of the electronic mobile commerce transaction by receiving a biometric response or a secure password from the device user locally on the wireless mobile end-user device;
• wherein, after the one or more processors receive the user approval of the electronic mobile commerce transaction, the secure dedicated memory partition is configured to communicate a unique device credential via, a secure communication link, in connection with a billing event that relates to the electronic mobile commerce transaction, wherein the unique device credential is not accessible by the application processor.

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• A method for use by a wireless mobile end-user device including a wireless mobile end-user device memory and a wireless radio, the method comprising:
• establishing a secure dedicated memory partition in the wireless mobile end-user device memory;
• establishing a secure connection between the wireless mobile end-user device and one or more computing devices over a wireless network via the wireless radio;
• receiving from the one or more computing devices a purchase confirmation request for an electronic mobile commerce transaction;
• in response to receiving the purchase confirmation request, providing (i) information relating to the electronic mobile commerce transaction to a device user, the information including an amount of the electronic mobile commerce transaction, and (ii) a request to the device user for a user approval of the electronic mobile commerce transaction;
• after providing the request to the device user for the user approval of the electronic mobile commerce transaction, receiving the user approval of the electronic mobile commerce transaction by receiving a biometric response or a secure password from the device user locally on the wireless mobile end-user device;
• after receiving the user approval of the electronic mobile commerce transaction, communicating, from the secure dedicated memory partition of the wireless mobile end-user device memory, a unique device credential, via a secure communication link, in connection with a billing event that relates to the electronic mobile commerce transaction, wherein the unique device credential is not accessible from memory components of the wireless end-user mobile device other than from the secure dedicated memory partition.