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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2006
Ivan Dean Bogdanovic, Brookline, MA (US);
Justin A. Aborn, Hingham, MA (US);
Steven H. Blumenthal, Lexington, MA (US);
Sanjay Jhawar, Chicago, IL (US);
Ivan Dean Bogdanovic, Brookline, MA (US);
Justin A. Aborn, Hingham, MA (US);
Steven H. Blumenthal, Lexington, MA (US);
Sanjay Jhawar, Chicago, IL (US);
Bridgeport Networks, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Application layer authentication of a data-network based application makes use of a SIM function accessible to the application and telephone network authentication service accessible to a server to the application. For example, the application uses SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) for communication with the server and the authentication service is provided via a GSM based telephone network. In one implementation, a device (a 'dongle') includes an authentication module, application software, and an interface for communicating with a remote server over a data communication network. The application software includes instructions for using the authentication module to authorize an application layer interaction with the remote server.