Method and apparatus for authenticated reporting in a mobile communication device
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsJyh-Han Lin, Wei-Hsing Dan 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 of the mobile communication device 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 of the mobile communication device, 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 of the mobile communication device 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 to 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.