Patent ID: 8774766
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a computer network interface configured to receive communications over a computer network sent from wireless mobile communication devices through a Wi-Fi connection and through a different type of wireless internet network connection; and a computer processing system configured to: determine whether each communication received from a mobile communication device was sent through the Wi-Fi connection or the different type of wireless internet network connection based on information in each received communication, wherein the determination whether each received communication was sent through the Wi-Fi connection or the different type of wireless internet network connection is based on a flag in each received communication, the flag being indicative of whether the communication is being sent through the Wi-Fi connection or the different type of wireless internet network connection; upon a determination indicating that one received communication was sent through the Wi-Fi connection, determine whether the one received communication is authentic using a first authentication method; and upon a determination indicating that another received communication was sent through the different type of wireless internet network connection, determine whether the other received communication is authentic using a second authentication method which is different from the first authentication method.