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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2015
Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Jeff H. Bryan, Olathe, KS (US);
Christine M. Crowell, Olathe, KS (US);
Bill G. McCracken, Olathe, KS (US);
Roberto Murillo, Blue Springs, MO (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
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.