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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:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2007
Applicants:
David Neil, Cambridge, GB;
Trevor Moore, Geel, BE;
Neil Philip Piercy, Royston, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
IP. Access Limited, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/66 (2006.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A network element (), for providing access control to a core network () of a cellular communication network () for a wireless communication unit () operating within a communication cell supported by the network element (), comprises a receiver for receiving a message () from the wireless communication unit () comprising identity information. The network element further comprises logic (), operably coupled to the receiver, for determining whether to permit the mobile communication unit () access to the core network (), based at least in part on the received identity information.