Patent ID: 9106665
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of automatically obtaining access to an application service, comprising steps of: upon activation of an application for execution on a mobile station, automatically accessing resources within the mobile station to obtain an account number of the mobile station for communications of the mobile station through the network and a device specific identifier of the mobile station; sending a request for the application service from the mobile station via a data session for the mobile station previously established through a mobile communication network operated by a mobile communication network carrier, to a server associated with the application and operated by a third party service provider different from the mobile communication network carrier, wherein the request includes: (i) a network address assigned to the mobile station for the established data session, (ii) the account number, and (iii) the device specific identifier of the mobile station; and in response to sending the request, receiving a response to the sent request at the mobile station, from the server of the third party service provider through the mobile communication network, the received response indicating the network address, the account number, and the device specific identifier included in the request are correlated; wherein the network address, the account number, and the device specific identifier included in the request are deemed correlated by the server of the third party service provider upon: in response to receiving the response, granting access to the application service based on the response to the sent request at the mobile station, the response being received without the mobile station having transmitted authorization information for the application service during or after sending the request.