US 12,219,350 B2
Enabling peer-to-peer authentication between at least two mobile devices associated with one or more wireless telecommunication networks
Bhanu Prakash Voruganti, Overland Park, KS (US); Murali Malreddy, Overland Park, KS (US); Julio Costa, Tampa, FL (US); and Shilpa Kowdley Srinivas, Brambleton, VA (US)
Assigned to T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/686,318.
Prior Publication US 2023/0284012 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. H04M 1/66 (2006.01); H04M 1/68 (2006.01); H04M 3/16 (2006.01); H04W 8/20 (2009.01); H04W 12/0471 (2021.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 12/40 (2021.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 12/06 (2013.01) [H04W 8/20 (2013.01); H04W 12/0471 (2021.01); H04W 12/40 (2021.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 84/042 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. At least one computer-readable storage medium, excluding transitory signals and carrying instructions to enable peer-to-peer authentication between at least two mobile devices associated with one or more wireless telecommunication networks, which, when executed by at least one data processor of a system, cause the system to:
at a first mobile device, receive a request to communicate from a second mobile device;
exchange between the first mobile device and the second mobile device a first cryptographic key and a second cryptographic key,
wherein the first cryptographic key is associated with the first mobile device, and
wherein the second cryptographic key is associated with the second mobile device;
receive, at the first mobile device, an international mobile subscriber identity and an additional identification associated with the second mobile device,
wherein the international mobile subscriber identity is encrypted,
wherein the international mobile subscriber identity is unique to the second mobile device,
wherein the international mobile subscriber identity identifies a second wireless telecommunication network serving the second mobile device
wherein the additional identification includes a name associated with a user of the second mobile device, an email associated with the user of the second mobile device, or a phone number associated with the user of the second mobile device;
authenticate the second mobile device by sending the encrypted international mobile subscriber identity and the additional identification to a first wireless telecommunication network and sending a request to confirm that the international mobile subscriber identity is valid,
wherein the first wireless telecommunication network is configured to verify
that the international mobile subscriber identity is associated with the second wireless telecommunication network, and
that the name associated with the user of the second mobile device is associated with the international mobile subscriber identity,
that the email associated with the user of the second mobile device is associated with the international mobile subscriber identity, or
that the phone number associated with the user of the second mobile device is associated with the international mobile subscriber identity:
receive, from the first wireless telecommunication network, a confirmation that the international mobile subscriber identity is valid; and
upon receiving the confirmation, engage in a communication with the second mobile device.