Apparatus and method for authenticating a user when accessing to multimedia services

The present invention provides an inter-domain authentication mechanism carrying out a cross-domain authentication for a given user between an access network domain and a Multimedia domain, this inter-domain authentication mechanism being simpler than the currently existing one, and applicable where...

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Main Authors SANCHEZ HERRERO, JUAN ANTONIO, WALKER PINA, JOHN MICHAEL
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 01.08.2012
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
ELECTRICITY
PHYSICS
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
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Summary:The present invention provides an inter-domain authentication mechanism carrying out a cross-domain authentication for a given user between an access network domain and a Multimedia domain, this inter-domain authentication mechanism being simpler than the currently existing one, and applicable where a user has been authenticates by access network. Therefore, there is a new feature provided in accordance with the invention, namely an "Implicit Authentication for Multimedia domain", which may be implemented as a dedicate Multimedia Authentication device in close co-operation with a subscriber server, or be fully integrated in said subscriber server. To this end, there is provided a new device, a new user's equipment, and a new method, all arranged for re-using authentication data between different networks, or between different technological domains, and with help from other entities of a Multimedia domain according to present standards.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20120164429