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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Pamela J. Jacobs, Omaha, NE (US);
Assignee:
Compaq Computer Corporation, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/66 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/66 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for allowing an Authentication Center (AC) to configure whether or not to perform automated A-key updating for a handset if an authentication failure occurs during an operation attempted by the handset. The AC has access to a Subscriber database describing, among other things, an “alternate A-key” for at least some of the subscribers. The AC also has access to database that contains configuration information about various MSCs in the system.