Subscriber identity module with video permissions

Abstract

A subscriber identity module (SIM) that facilitates subscriber identity information and subscriber video information. The SIM operates in accordance with a dual-purpose subscriber identity system (SIS) that includes a subscriber mobile identity component (SMIC) and a video security component (VSC) such that the cellular and video services can be authenticated.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 519,947 entitled “PERSONAL BASE STATION WITH WIRELESS VIDEO CAPABILITY” filed Nov. 14, 2003, and is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______ (Atty. Dkt. No. ATTWP101USB) entitled “PERSONAL BASE STATION SYSTEM WITH WIRELESS VIDEO CAPABILITY” filed on Nov. 15, 2004. The entireties of the above-noted applications are incorporated by reference herein.TECHNICAL FIELD [0002] This invention is related to cellular telephone identification systems, and more specifically, ubiquitous provisioning of multimedia services to subscribers of mobile communication services and, more particularly, to subscriber information modules for portable multimedia permissions. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] The advent of global communication networks, such as the Internet, have brought to the forefront capabilities heretofore considered unthinkable, or at least, imp...

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Benefits of technology

[0013] In still another aspect thereof, the SIS is employed in a mobile device such as a cellular telephone. A subscriber in a roaming status can then be authenticated via a public base station system that interfaces to a broadband network such that the mobile device can receive and process multimedia services for presentation to the user.

Problems solved by technology

However, convergence of multimedia services for use in mobile devices introduces huge bandwidth concerns that require more sophisticated software and hardware solutions in the device and the associated networks, and which come at increased costs for the consumer.

The demand on the existing infrastructure for providing such high-bandwidth capabilities, especially with respect to video, continues to be a problem as vendors struggle to provide their own networks over which such mobile multimedia devices can operate.

These costs are then passed on to the consumer who subscribes to the particular vendor's mobile telephone service, and which service typically suffers from wireless channel bandwidth limitations that prohibits a larger number of customers from benefiting from such technology.

Mobile video devices, however, are unable to access cable television because they are not physically connected to the subscriber's decoder box and there is no convenient way to verify that a mobile device should be permitted to access the cable system content.

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