Patent ID: 9060278
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, at a first server coupled to a first network and operated by a first network provider, first identification information of a mobile subscriber device; sending the first identification information to equipment of a second network provider; in response to receiving a message indicating that the mobile subscriber device is permitted network access to a second network, generating, at the first server, an access code that permits network access to the second network via the first network; sending a uniform resource locator that includes the access code to the mobile subscriber device, wherein the access code is different from the first identification information; receiving the access code from the mobile subscriber device; determining, at the first server via a first determination, whether the access code is valid after receiving the access code from the mobile subscriber device; determining, at the first server via a second determination, a fraud indicator associated with the mobile subscriber device; conditionally permitting the mobile subscriber device access to the second network in response to the first determination indicating that the access code is valid and based on the fraud indicator; and after permitting the mobile subscriber device access to the second network, sending an accounting start message to the second network, wherein the accounting start message causes the second network to start an accounting service, and wherein the accounting service measures resources used by the mobile subscriber device while accessing the second network via the first network.