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US 7,680,755 B2Granted
Automatic detection and classification of a mobile device
AssigneeDiversinet Corp.
InventorSalah Machani
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Abstract
The invention consists of a method of automatically detecting and classifying a device, comprising: a) receiving information from the device; b) looking up the information in a device directory to identify the device; c) applying a series of identity rules if the information is not found in the device directory; and d) identifying the device from the identity rules. Preferably, the device is a mobile device.
Claims10
A method of automatically detecting and classifying a device using a server, comprising:
- a) receiving information from said device;
- b) looking up said information in a device database stored in updatable storage of the server to identify said device;
- c) applying a series of identity rules if said device is not identified by looking up said information in said device database;
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- d) identifying said device from said identity rules.
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A server for detecting and classifying a device, comprising:
- a) a secure service which contains applications accessible by said device and software for various devices which enables said various devices to access said server;
- b) a device database stored in updatable storage of said server containing a list of known devices and which is updatable;
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- c) a logic unit capable of applying a set of rules to identify devices not listed in said device database and adding new devices to said device database.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.