Patent ID: 8155622
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for providing wireless telecommunications access to authorized wireless service subscribers, comprising: receiving, at a password-protected cellular access node, an identifier from a mobile terminal, before receiving a password from the mobile terminal, the identifier identifying the mobile terminal; correlating, at the password-protected cellular access node in a correlation act, the identifier with password-protected cellular access node data stored in a password-protected cellular access database associated with the password-protected cellular access node, the password-protected cellular access node data comprising identifiers and passwords for a plurality of mobile terminals that are authorized to access the password-protected cellular access node; determining, at the password-protected cellular access node based upon the correlation between the identifier and the password-protected cellular access node data, whether the mobile terminal is authorized to use the password-protected cellular access node for wireless telecommunications access; denying, at the password-protected cellular access node, the mobile terminal wireless telecommunications access via the password-protected cellular access node if it is determined, based upon the correlation, that the mobile terminal is not authorized to use the password-protected cellular access node for wireless telecommunications access; sending, from the password-protected cellular access node, a password request to the mobile terminal only if it is determined, based upon the correlation, that the mobile terminal is authorized to use the password-protected cellular access node for wireless telecommunications access; receiving, at the password-protected cellular access node, a password request response from the mobile terminal, the password request response comprising a password; correlating, at the password-protected cellular access node, the password received in the password request response with the passwords in the password-protected cellular access node data stored within the password-protected cellular access database; denying, at the password-protected cellular access node, the mobile terminal wireless telecommunications access via the password-protected cellular access node if the password received in the password request response is not equivalent to one of the passwords stored in the password-protected cellular access database; and allowing, at the password-protected cellular access node, the mobile terminal wireless telecommunications access via the password-protected cellular access node if the password is equivalent to one of the passwords stored in the password-protected cellular access database.