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US 10,375,569 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for provisioning mobile subscriber identification information to multiple devices and provisioning network elements
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 use of such information by different communication devices. The use of a same generic mobile subscriber identity information by multiple devices can be based on intercepting registration requests. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A communication device, comprising:
- a universal integrated circuit card storing a shared international mobile subscriber identity that was provisioned to the universal integrated circuit card by equipment of an entity;
- a processing system including a processor and being coupled with the universal integrated circuit card;
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- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- accessing the universal integrated circuit card to determine the shared international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) using a secret key, wherein the secret key is uniquely associated with the universal integrated circuit card;
- requesting registration with a network operated by a service provider that is distinct from the entity, wherein the requesting of the registration includes providing a first registration request including the shared IMSI and identification information that is obtained by an identity proxy function of the network;
- receiving a second IMSI via an over-the-air interface with the network;
- storing the second IMSI in the universal integrated circuit card;
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- providing a second registration request including the second IMSI to the network to facilitate a registration process for the communication device, wherein completion of the registration process enables subscriber services for the communication device.
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A method comprising:
- obtaining, from a communication device by an identity proxy function executed by a processing system including a processor, a registration request that includes a shared international mobile subscriber identity and identification information and uses a secret key uniquely associated with the communication device, wherein the shared international mobile subscriber identity was provisioned to a universal integrated circuit card of the communication device by equipment of an entity, and wherein the identity proxy function is operated by a service provider that is distinct from the entity;
- reassigning, via an over-the-air interface, a second international mobile subscriber identity to the communication device;
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- facilitating a registration process for the communication device based on the second international mobile subscriber identity, wherein completion of the registration process enables subscriber services for the communication device.
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A method comprising:
- provisioning, by a server comprising a processing system including a processor, each of a group of universal integrated circuit cards with a unique one of a plurality of secret keys, wherein each of the group of universal integrated circuit cards has stored thereon a shared international mobile subscriber identity;
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- providing, to equipment of a service provider by the server, secret key mapping information indicating each of the secret keys indexed to a corresponding one of the group of universal integrated circuit cards, wherein the server is operated by an entity that is distinct from the service provider,
- wherein the secret key mapping information is utilized by an identity proxy function operated by the service provider to respond to a registration request generated by a communication device that is utilizing one of the group of universal integrated circuit cards,
- wherein the identity proxy function causes a reassignment, via an over-the-air interface, of a second international mobile subscriber identity to the communication device responsive to the registration request,
- wherein the second international mobile subscriber identity is utilized in completion of a registration process that enables subscriber services for the communication device, and
- wherein the shared international mobile subscriber identity is a limited service international mobile subscriber identity that enables communication with network elements of the service provider and does not enable the subscriber services.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.