Patent ID: 9210167
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method associated with one or more providers of presence related services in connection with the use of a mobile device and at least a first radio communication defining device that transmits a first distinctive defining signal, the first distinctive defining signal at least partly defines a first special area by its coverage, the method comprising: electronically storing in one or more memories data capable of linking the mobile device to the first special area, the data including a first checking data of the first radio communication defining device, and a first identifier related to the mobile device, transmitting via a mobile telephone network to the mobile device at least a portion of the first checking data, receiving from the mobile device via the mobile telephone network a first updating signal uncorrelated to any mobile device phone call establishment that identifies the mobile device's presence in at least the first special area, the first updating signal including a second identifier related to the mobile device, receiving in the one or more processing devices from the mobile device via the mobile telephone network one or more One-Time-Passwords, at least one of the one or more One-Time-Passwords being calculated based on information in the first distinctive defining signal, deriving from the first updating signal by one or more processing devices having access to at least a portion of the data whether or not the mobile device is present in the first special area, validating by use of the one or more processing devices at least one of the one or more One-Time-Passwords; and upon the first updating signal indicating that the mobile device is present in the first special area and the one or more processing devices successfully validating at least one of the one or more One-Time-Passwords, enabling by use of the one or more processing devices a presence related service.