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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:
Mar. 10, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2002
Applicants:
Kevin Packingham, Overland Park, KS (US);
Robert Urbanek, Belton, MO (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Packingham, Overland Park, KS (US);
Robert Urbanek, Belton, MO (US);
Assignee:
Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system permits efficient user authentication based on a gateway rather than information or hardware of a user's communication device. The system may include a gateway that is operated by a trusted entity, the gateway logically connected between a communication network, such as the Internet, and the user's device. The gateway can authenticate a user using device-specific as well as user-specific identifiers, and the authentication can then be passed on to multiple applications that are accessible via the network.