Method and apparatus for reassigning mobile subscriber identification information
AssigneesAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
InventorsWalter Cooper Chastain, Stephen Emille Chin
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that manages utilization of mobile subscriber identity information including enabling reuse of such information by a different communication device and/or re-authorizing use by a communication device that previously was authorized to utilize the information. The reassignment of mobile subscriber identity information can be based on detecting a registration that utilizes a bootstrap mobile subscriber identity information or a registration based on a mobile subscriber identity information that the network has designated not for use by the particular communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by a processing system including a processor, a first international mobile subscriber identity associated with a registration request of a communication device;
- accessing, by the processing system, information that identifies a group of international mobile subscriber identities;
- responsive to a determination that the first international mobile subscriber identity is included in the group of international mobile subscriber identities, providing, by an identity provisioning function of the processing system, the communication device with provisioning information that enables reassignment of a second international mobile subscriber identity to the communication device to facilitate a registration of the communication device;
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- responsive to the providing the communication device with the provisioning information, providing, by the processing system via the identity provisioning function, network provisioning data to a network server, wherein the network provisioning data indicates the reassignment of the second international mobile subscriber identity to the communication device,
- wherein the provisioning information includes disabling information that causes the communication device to disable use of the first international mobile subscriber identity during the registration.
A device, comprising:
- a processing system including a processor;
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- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- receiving a first international mobile subscriber identity associated with a registration request of a communication device;
- accessing information that identifies a group of international mobile subscriber identities;
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- responsive to a determination that the first international mobile subscriber identity is included in the group of international mobile subscriber identities, providing, by an identity provisioning function of the processing system, the communication device with provisioning information that enables reassignment of a second international mobile subscriber identity to the communication device to facilitate a registration of the communication device;
- responsive to the providing the communication device with the provisioning information, providing, via the identity provisioning function, network provisioning data to a network server, wherein the network provisioning data indicates the reassignment of the second international mobile subscriber identity to the communication device, wherein the provisioning information includes disabling information that causes the communication device to disable use of the first international mobile subscriber identity during the registration;
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- receiving device identification data for the communication device.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor of a communication device, facilitate performance of operations comprising:
- sending a first international mobile subscriber identity to a device registration system, wherein the first international mobile subscriber identity is associated with a registration request for the communication device,
- wherein responsive to receiving the first international mobile subscriber identity, the device registration system accesses information that identifies a group of international mobile subscriber identities;
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- receiving from the device registration system, in accordance with a determination that the first international mobile subscriber identity is included in the group of international mobile subscriber identities, provisioning information provided by an identity provisioning function of the device registration system, wherein the provisioning information enables reassignment of a second international mobile subscriber identity to the communication device,
- wherein responsive to the providing of the provisioning information, the device registration system provides, via the identity provisioning function, network provisioning data to a network server, wherein the network provisioning data indicates the reassignment of the second international mobile subscriber identity to the communication device,
- wherein the provisioning information includes disabling information that causes the communication device to disable use of the first international mobile subscriber identity during a registration of the communication device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.