Temporary Device Identifier Generation for Mobile Network Fraud Mitigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile networks are vulnerable to fraudulent activities, such as international revenue sharing fraud and signaling protocol breaches, which degrade service quality and revenue for telecommunication providers.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a network interface that receives communication requests, determines characteristics, and applies policy rules to terminate fraudulent communications, while generating temporary device identifiers and location information to secure routing and prevent unauthorized access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the network processes all communication requests without filtering, then network throughput and service availability are maintained, but fraudulent activity increases and network security deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by implementing a detection point that analyzes communication requests before they are fully processed by the network. The system determines characteristics of incoming requests and applies policy rules in advance to identify and terminate fraudulent communications, preventing them from consuming network resources while allowing legitimate traffic to proceed normally.
2Reliability
If the network terminates fraudulent communication requests, then network security and service quality improve, but processing demands and network congestion increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by implementing a specialized detection point with specific processing capabilities dedicated to analyzing communication requests. This localized processing unit applies policy rules and determines characteristics only for suspicious or potentially fraudulent requests, rather than processing all network traffic uniformly. This approach concentrates processing demands in a specific network element rather than distributing the load across the entire network.
3Reliability
If temporary networked device identifiers are generated for routing information, then security against signaling protocol breaches improves, but device complexity and processing overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the intermediary principle by introducing a detection point that acts as a mediator between the signaling protocol and the network core. The detection point generates temporary networked device identifiers that mask the actual device identities, preventing fraudsters from glean. This intermediary layer protects the signaling protocol from breaches while managing the complexity of identifier generation and mapping centrally at the detection point rather than distributing it across multiple network elements.
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AI summary
In one embodiment, a network interface operable to receive, from a requesting user, a request for routing information of a requested device. A processor determines location information associated with the requested device, and generates a temporary networked device identifier associated with a networked device identifier of the requested device and temporary location information associated with the location information. The network interface then communicates the temporary networked device identifier and temporary location information to the requesting user.