US 2026/0101389 A1 · VERIFIED PHYSICAL ACCESS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK SUBSCRIBERS AT THIRD-PARTY EVENTS OR VENUES

Abstract

The verification of individuals entering controlled locations such as events and venues is improved by using wireless devices as the entry tickets themselves, verifiable by a telecommunications network. The wireless device provides a network subscriber's identification information (e.g., a phone number) to an access point terminal, in response to an identification/authentication request from the access point terminal. In order to obtain the identification information to provide to the terminal, the wireless device verifies itself via the telecommunications network, which is capable of verifying the device's subscriber identity module (SIM) via cryptographic protocols. Thus, by verifying the device's SIM, the telecommunications network verifies the identity of the network subscriber operating the device, for purposes of sharing a phone number as an entry ticket. Because entry is controlled according to the device's own network-verifiable identity, third-parties that operate events or venues need not distribute entry tickets (e.g., physical or electronic) to individuals.

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Dependent claims

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a wireless device, cause the wireless device to perform operations comprising:

establishing a near-field communications (NFC) connection with an access point terminal configured to control an entry of people at a location;
receiving, via the NFC connection, a request from the access point terminal to provide identification information that is uniquely associated with a user associated with the wireless device;
transmitting a request for the identification information to a telecommunications network to which the user subscribes via the wireless device;
based on performing an asynchronous authentication handshake with the telecommunications network to verify a subscriber identity module (SIM) used by the wireless device in response to the request, receiving the identification information from the telecommunications network at the application on the wireless device;
and
providing, from the application via the NFC connection, the identification information to the access point terminal, the identification information comprising an identifier previously used by the user to request an entry of the user at the location.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Verified physical access of telecommunications network subscribers at third-party events or venues

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Verified physical access of telecommunications network subscribers at third-party events or venues

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