US 8,510,804 B1Granted

Authorizing application use by a mobile device

AssigneeSprint Communications Company L.P.

InventorsMark J. Bonn, Dominick Mangiardi

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Abstract

A method of operating a communication system comprises receiving an authorization request from a location determination system that includes a device identifier and a port identifier and that is generated in response to receiving a location request from a communication device generated in response to a request for the location of the communication device made by an application running on the communication device. The location request includes the port identifier and the device identifier, and the device identifier identifies the communication device. The method further comprises processing the authorization request to determine an application identifier associated with the application based on the port identifier, processing the application identifier and the device identifier to determine if the application is authorized to run on the communication device, and transferring an authorization response from the authorization system that indicates if the application is authorized for the communication device.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A method of operating a communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a location request from a communication device in a location determination system, wherein the location request is generated in response to a request for the location of the communication device made by an application running on the communication device, the location request includes a port identifier and a device identifier, and the device identifier identifies the communication device;
transferring from the location determination system an authorization request that includes the device identifier and the port identifier;
receiving the authorization request in an authorization system;
processing the authorization request in the authorization system to determine an application identifier associated with the application based on the port identifier;
processing the application identifier and the device identifier in the authorization system to determine if the application is authorized to run on the communication device;
transferring an authorization response from the authorization system that indicates if the application is authorized for the communication device;
receiving the authorization response into the location determination system;
and
transferring a response to the location request from the location determination system based on the authorization response.

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A communication system comprising:

a location determination system configured to receive a location request from a communication device, wherein the location request is generated in response to a request for the location of the communication device made by an application running on the communication device, the location request includes a port identifier and a device identifier, and the device identifier identifies the communication device, transfer an authorization request that includes the device identifier and the port identifier, receiving an authorization response, and transfer a response to the location request based on the authorization response;
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an authorization system in communication with the location determination system and configured to receive the authorization request, process the authorization request to determine an application identifier associated with the application based on the port identifier, process the application identifier and the device identifier in the authorization system to determine if the application is authorized to run on the communication device, and transfer the authorization response from the authorization system that indicates if the application is authorized for the communication device.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.