Enhanced call barring
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsTom Bourke, Conor P. Lynch, Colm A. O'Farrell
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Abstract
A system 230, communications unit 101, and method (FIG. 3), for dynamically controlling access to services in an unobtrusive manner is disclosed, where the method includes receiving a request for services (303) and denying the request until a security screen is satisfied (315), unless those services have been recently accessed (309).
Claims22
A system for controlling access to services available from a communications unit, the system comprising:
- a memory arranged to store a plurality of identification numbers;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory and responsive to a request for access to services,
- wherein the processor denies the request for access to the services until a security screen is satisfied, unless access to the services corresponds to one of the plurality of identification numbers that has recently been used in accessing services.
A communications unit having controlled access to services, the communications unit comprising:
- a memory arranged to store a plurality of identification numbers;
- an interface for providing a request for access to services;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory and responsive to the request for access to services,
- wherein the processor denies the request for access to services until a security screen is satisfied, unless access to the services corresponds to one of the plurality of identification numbers that has recently been used in accessing services.
A method for controlling access to services available from a communications unit, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of identification numbers;
- receiving a request for access to services;
- and
- processing the request for access to services, wherein the processing further comprises,
- determining whether a security screen has been satisfied,
- granting the request for access to the services when the security screen has been satisfied, and
- denying the request for access to the services when the security screen has not been satisfied, unless access to the services corresponds to one of the plurality of identification numbers that has recently been used in accessing services.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.