Patent ID: 7953871

Claim:
A method for controlling mobile access to a data service in a system comprising a mobile device, a content server providing the data service using data in encrypted form, and an access control server, the method comprising: the mobile device requesting access to the data service at the access control server, the mobile device starting a timer upon requesting access to the data; the access control server determining whether the mobile device is allowed to access the data service; if the access control server has determined that the mobile device is allowed to access the data service, the access control server providing access information related to the data service to the mobile device, wherein the mobile device uses the access information to access the data service, wherein providing access information related to the data service to the mobile device further includes the mobile device requesting the access information from the access control server upon expiry of the timer; and if the access control server has determined that the mobile device is not allowed to access the data service, the access control server initiates a subscription process for allowing the mobile device to subscribe to the data service.