Mobile platform as a delivery mechanism for security capabilities

摘要

A system for making a trust determination of a telephone number includes a memory, which stores the telephone number, communicatively coupled to a processor. The processor transmits a request message, which comprises the telephone number and at least two of a telephone porting information request, a call forwarding information request, a telephone switching information request, and a telephone simultaneous ring information request, to a service provider. The processor then receives from the service provider a response message, which includes at least two of a telephone information response, a call forwarding information response, a telephone switching information response, and a telephone simultaneous ring information response. The processor then determines a tampering concern associated with at least one of the responses in the response message and increases an inquiry level based at least upon the determined tampering concern.

主权项

1. A system for making a trust determination of a telephone number, comprising:
a memory operable to store a telephone number; and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and operable to:
transmit a request message to a service provider, the request message comprising the telephone number and at least two of the following:
a telephone porting information request, requesting whether the telephone number has been ported from one service provider to another service provider;a call forwarding information request, requesting whether calls to the telephone number are being forwarded to a different telephone number;a telephone switching information request, requesting whether telephone hardware associated with the telephone number has been switched to different telephone hardware; anda telephone simultaneous ring information request, requesting whether calls to the telephone number will ring on another telephone number simultaneously;receive a response message from the service provider, the response message comprising at least two of the following:
a telephone porting information response associated with the telephone number and responsive to the telephone porting information request;a call forwarding information response associated with the telephone number and responsive to the call forwarding information request;a telephone switching information response associated with the telephone number and responsive to the telephone switching information request; anda telephone simultaneous ring information response associated with the telephone number and responsive to the telephone simultaneous ring information request; anddetermine a tampering concern associated with at least one of the telephone porting information response, the call forwarding information response, the telephone switching information response, and the telephone simultaneous ring information response; andincrease an inquiry level based at least upon the tampering concern.