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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2002
Aditya Bhasin, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michael Edward Smith Luna, Carnation, WA (US);
Suresh Babu Bashyam, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Aditya Bhasin, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michael Edward Smith Luna, Carnation, WA (US);
Suresh Babu Bashyam, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Openwave Systems Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method for authenticating a user of a mobile device is provided. The method comprises receiving a request from a client device to access a resource on a network; identifying a network address of the client device; retrieving a mapping of the network address to user identification information and device identification information; determining if the mapping is valid; preventing the request from reaching the resource if the mapping is not valid.