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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 01, 2015
Applicant:

Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);

Inventors:

Jeff H. Bryan, Olathe, KS (US);

Christine M. Crowell, Olathe, KS (US);

Bill G. McCracken, Olathe, KS (US);

Roberto Murillo, Blue Springs, MO (US);

Assignee:

Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 8/24 (2009.01); H04W 12/04 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0823 (2013.01); H04L 63/06 (2013.01); H04W 8/245 (2013.01); H04W 12/04 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 76/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A user equipment (UE) comprising a processor, a non-transitory memory, a mobile application installed in the memory, and a mobile application framework (MAF) client installed in the memory. When executed by the processor, the MAF client receives a request to access services of a MAF from the mobile application, retrieves a digital certificate associated with the mobile application, sends an application validation request comprising the certificate and an application identity to a MAF server, receives an application validation token from the MAF server, and provides the application validation token to the mobile application, whereby the mobile application is granted access to a first security tier of MAF services.


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