Enhanced manageability in wireless data communication systems

摘要

A cellular network system comprises a device identifier comparator and a connection enable indicator. A device identifier comparator for comparing a received device identifier with one of a plurality of stored device identifiers, wherein the one of the stored plurality of stored device identifiers is associated with a stored subscriber identifier. A connection enable indicator for indicating whether a connection from a cellular device associated with the received device identifier to a data network associated with the cellular network system should be enabled.

主权项

1. An authentication server coupled to a data network associated with a wireless network comprising:
a receiver configured for receiving a device identifier and a subscriber identifier from a mobile device; and a processor comprising a connection enable indicator configured for enabling a data network connection and a device identifier comparator configured for comparing the received device identifier to at least one of a plurality of stored device identifiers, each stored device identifier being associated with at least one of a plurality of stored subscriber identifiers, wherein the connection enable indicator is configured to enable a data network connection between the mobile device and the data network when the device identifier comparator identifies a match between the received device identifier to at least one of the plurality of stored device identifiers, and when no match occurs the processor is configured to replace a stored device identifier corresponding to the received subscriber identifier with the received device identifier according to a condition associated with the received subscriber identifier; wherein when no match occurs, the connection enable indicator is configured to enable a data network connection according to the condition associated with the received subscriber identifier; wherein each received subscriber identifier is associated with at least one of the plurality of stored subscriber identifiers; wherein the condition is defined by at least one of a plurality of rules stored in a device rules data base, each rule being associated with at least one of the plurality of stored subscriber identifiers; wherein the connection enable indicator is configured to enable the data network connection based at least in part on one of the plurality of rules; and wherein at least one of the plurality of rules indicates whether the received device identifier replaces the stored device identifier.