Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Detection and blocking of cloned mobile devices
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Application No.: US15948720Application Date: 2018-04-09
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Publication No.: US10200870B2Publication Date: 2019-02-05
- Inventor: Sheldon Kent Meredith , William Cottrill , Brandon B. Hilliard
- Applicant: AT&T Mobility II LLC , AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC,AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC,AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta US GA Atlanta
- Main IPC: H04W12/12
- IPC: H04W12/12 ; H04W12/06 ; H04W4/02 ; H04M15/00 ; H04W8/04 ; H04L29/06 ; H04L29/12 ; H04W4/24 ; H04W12/08

Abstract:
A method is disclosed for blocking a cloned mobile device by a processor of a network. The processor receives a first registration from a first mobile device at a first location. The first registration includes a device identifier and a phone number. The processor then confirms that a second registration from a second mobile device at a second location includes the device identifier and the phone number and calculates a first fraud score for the first mobile device and a second fraud score for the second mobile device. The processor then determines that the second mobile device is the cloned mobile device, when the second fraud score exceeds the first score, and blocks the cloned mobile device from registering on the network.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180227764A1 DETECTION AND BLOCKING OF CLONED MOBILE DEVICES Public/Granted day:2018-08-09
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