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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2012
Alexander C. Watson, Severn, MD (US);
Sean L. Lane, Sykesville, MD (US);
Alexander C. Watson, Severn, MD (US);
Sean L. Lane, Sykesville, MD (US);
Battlefield Telecommunications Systems, LLC, Columbia, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a secure, dynamic and customizable system and method for authenticating a mobile device in a wireless network, in accordance with the security policies associated with the wireless network. The system and method involve a trusted authentication and device management application stored on the SIM card of the mobile device in a memory space that is protected and only accessible by the network operator. Moreover, authentication is based, at least in part, on information that relates to the environment of the mobile device, the information being available to the authentication application through the operating system of the mobile device.