Patent ID: 8331907
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: G01R,G01V,H04W

Abstract:
1. A device comprising: a first system associated with a mobile network and coupled to monitor wireless channels between a mobile service provider and at least one mobile device and receive mobile device identification information in one or more signals monitored over the wireless channels, wherein the first system comprises a probe server; a second system coupled among the first system and a Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) application under a WiFi service provider that is different from the mobile service provider, wherein the second system advertises WiFi services to the at least one mobile device based at least in part on the mobile device identification information, activates the WiFi application in response to a request from the at least one mobile device, generates WiFi application identification information, and transmits the WiFi application identification information to the requesting mobile device, wherein the second system comprises a central server; and a third system coupled among the first and second systems that receives an authentication request to the WiFi application from the at least one mobile device, determines via monitoring using the probe server whether the at least one mobile device is registered with the mobile service provider, and continually controls access of the at least one mobile device to the WiFi application based on determining whether the at least one mobile device is registered with the mobile service provider according to one or more additional messages monitored over the wireless channels, wherein the third system comprises an authentication server.