System and method for controlling access to resources available to a mobile device

Abstract

A system and method is provided for fraud detection includes using information broadcast by devices and resources in the immediate vicinity of a mobile device, or by sensors located within the mobile device itself, to ascertain and make a determination of the immediate environment and state of the mobile device. If the mobile device is determined to be outside a predetermined range of an ongoing transaction, the transaction may be denied.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A resource platform, comprising:
 a resource map storing a representation of an environment of a plurality of mobile devices, each of the representations being based on information received from the respective mobile devices, the information including (i) one or more attributes of one or more external resources available to the respective mobile devices and (ii) state information concerning the environment of the respective mobile devices obtained from one or more sensors associated with the respective mobile devices;   a resource profile unit containing pattern matching rules for matching access policies of the respective mobile devices with the representation of the environment for the respective mobile devices stored in the resource map; and   a recognition unit for causing, based on the matching, allowance and disallowance of access to one or more applications available within the mobile device and registered in a registry of the mobile device.   
     
     
         2 . The service delivery platform of  claim 1 , wherein the recognition unit is further configured to enable or disable access to one or more external resources available to the mobile device based on the matching. 
     
     
         3 . The service delivery platform of  claim 2 , wherein the recognition unit causes access to the one or more of the external resources to be allowed and is further configured to specify a service with which the one or more external resources is to be associated. 
     
     
         4 . The service delivery platform of  claim 3 , wherein the access to the one or more external resources allows a service to be delivered by the one or more external resources to a user associated with the mobile device from which the information was received. 
     
     
         5 . The service delivery platform of  claim 3 , wherein the recognition unit is configured to provision the service in accordance with a preference of a user associated with the mobile device from which the information was received. 
     
     
         6 . The service delivery platform of  claim 2 , wherein the one or more external resources includes a monitor device located in an automobile. 
     
     
         7 . The service delivery platform of  claim 2 , wherein the one or more external resources includes a network resource. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the representation of the environment of at least two of the mobile devices have a common one of the external resources available to them such that the common external resource is sharable between the at least two of the mobile devices. 
     
     
         9 . A resource platform, comprising:
 a resource map storing a representation of an environment of a plurality of mobile devices, each of the representations being based on information received from the respective mobile devices, the information including (i) one or more attributes of one or more external resources available to the respective mobile devices and (ii) state information concerning the environment of the respective mobile devices obtained from one or more sensors associated with the respective mobile devices;   a resource profile unit containing pattern matching rules for matching access policies of the respective mobile devices with the representation of the environment for the respective mobile devices stored in the resource map; and   a recognition unit for enabling or disabling, based on the matching, delivery of information by network elements to the mobile device.   
     
     
         10 . The resource platform of  claim 9 , wherein the recognition unit is further configured to enable or disable access to one or more external resources available to the mobile device based on the matching. 
     
     
         11 . The resource platform of  claim 9 , wherein the recognition unit is further configured to allow and disallow access to one or more applications available within the mobile device and registered in a registry of the mobile device. 
     
     
         12 . A method, comprising:
 monitoring an environment in which a user device operates using one or more environmental sensors associated with the user device to obtain environmental sensory data;   reporting the environmental sensory data to a server; and   responsive to the server, the user device performing a specified action if the environmental sensory data is satisfied based on a matching between the environmental sensory data that is reported and pre-defined matching rules, wherein the specified action includes allowance and disallowance of access to one or more applications available within the mobile device and registered in a registry of the mobile device.   
     
     
         13 . A method, comprising:
 monitoring an environment in which a user device operates using one or more environmental sensors associated with the user device to obtain environmental sensory data;   reporting the environmental sensory data to a server; and   responsive to the server, the user device performing a specified action if the environmental sensory data is satisfied based on a matching between the environmental sensory data that is reported and pre-defined matching rules, wherein the specified action includes enabling and disabling delivery of information by network elements to the mobile device.