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US 11,112,988 B2Granted
System and apparatus for transferring data between communication elements
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsKelley Casimere, Gail A. Churillo, Susanne M. Crockett, Liaqat Ali, Patricia M. Thatcher
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Abstract
A method, device and machine-readable storage device for transferring data between identity modules is disclosed. Data is stored in one of a first removable storage module coupled to a donor communication device and a memory of the donor communication device, or both. A first portion of the data is provided to a server. The server provides the first portion of the data to a second removable storage module coupled to a recipient communication device responsive to a determination that a recipient communication device has a right to the data. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A device, comprising:
- a processing system including a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- receiving a request to transfer data stored in a first identity module of a donating communication device to a second identity module of a recipient communication device, wherein the recipient communication device is associated with a subscriber having a service plan with a service provider;
- retrieving the data from the first identity module;
- identifying transferable portions of the data;
- providing a list of the transferable portions to both the donating communication device and the recipient communication device;
- receiving a user selection to transfer a first portion of the data and a second portion of the data in the first identity module to the second identity module;
- identifying a media content type of the first portion of the data as a first media content type and identifying a media content type of the second portion of the data as a second media content type;
- determining the recipient communication device has a right to possess the first portion of the data based on the subscriber associated with the recipient communication device and based on the service plan associated with the subscriber, wherein the service plan allows the subscriber to possess media content that is of the first media content type;
- determining the recipient communication device does not have the right to possess the second portion of the data based on the subscriber associated with the recipient communication device and based on the service plan associated with the subscriber, wherein the service plan does not allow the subscriber to possess media content that is of the second media content type;
- converting the first portion of the data from a first format to a second format in response to detecting the recipient communication device is a different device type than the donating communication device;
- determining that a first secure communication link is established between an intermediary device and the donating communication device and determining that a second secure communication link is established between the intermediary device and the recipient communication device;
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- providing the first portion of the data and the second portion of the data in the first identity module to the intermediary device by way of first secure communication link, wherein the intermediary device provides the first portion of the data without the second portion of the data to the second identity module of the recipient communication device by way of the second secure communication link, wherein the recipient communication device has permission to store the first portion of the data on the second identity module based on the first media content type according to the service plan and the recipient communication device does not have permission to store the second portion of the data on the second identity module based on the second media content type according to the service plan.
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A machine-readable storage device comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising:
- receiving a request to transfer data stored in a first identity module of a donating communication device to a second identity module of a recipient communication device, wherein the recipient communication device is associated with a subscriber having a service plan with a service provider;
- retrieving the data from the first identity module;
- identifying transferable portions of the data;
- providing a list of the transferable portions to both the donating communication device and the recipient communication device;
- obtaining a user selection to transfer a first portion of the data and a second portion of the data in the first identity module to the second identity module;
- identifying a media content type of the first portion of the data as a first media content type and identifying a media content type of the second portion of the data as a second media content type;
- determining that the recipient communication device has a right to store the first portion of the data based on the subscriber associated with the recipient communication device and based on the service plan associated with the subscriber, wherein the service plan allows the subscriber to possess media content that is of the first media content type;
- determining that the recipient communication device does not have the right to store the second portion of the data based on the subscriber associated with the recipient communication device and based on the service plan associated with the subscriber, wherein the service plan does not allow the subscriber to possess media content that is of the second media content type;
- converting the first portion of the data from a first format to a second format in response to detecting the recipient communication device is a different device type than the donating communication device;
- determining that a first secure communication link is established between an intermediary device and the donating communication device and determining that a second secure communication link is established between the intermediary device and the recipient communication device;
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- providing the first portion of the data and the second portion of the data in the first identity module to the intermediary device by way of first secure communication link, wherein the intermediary device provides the first portion of the data without the second portion of the data to the second identity module of the recipient communication device by way of the second secure communication link, wherein the recipient communication device has permission to store the first portion of the data on the second identity module based on the first media content type according to the service plan and the recipient communication device does not have permission to store the second portion of the data on the second identity module based on the second media content type according to the service plan.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a processing system including a processor, a request to transfer data stored in a first identity module of a donating communication device to a second identity module of a recipient communication device, wherein the recipient communication device is associated with a subscriber having a service plan with a service provider;
- retrieving, by the processing system, the data from the first identity module;
- identifying, by the processing system, transferable portions of the data;
- providing, by the processing system, a list of the transferable portions to both the donating communication device and the recipient communication device;
- obtaining, by the processing system, data from the first identity module e, wherein the data comprises a first portion of the data and a second portion of the data;
- receiving, by the processing system, a user selection to transfer the first portion of the data and the second portion of the data in the first identity module to the second identity module;
- identifying, by the processing system, a media content type of the first portion of the data as a first media content type and identifying a media content type of the second portion of the data as a second media content type;
- determining, by the processing system, the recipient communication device has a right to possess the first portion of the data based on the subscriber associated with the recipient communication device and based on the service plan associated with the subscriber, wherein the service plan allows the subscriber to possess media content that is of the first media content type;
- determining, by the processing system, the recipient communication device does not have the right to possess the second portion of the data based on the subscriber associated with the recipient communication device and based on the service plan associated with the subscriber, wherein the service plan does not allow the subscriber to possess media content that is of the second media content type;
- converting, by the processing system, the first portion of the data from a first format to a second format in response to detecting the recipient communication device is a different device type than the donating communication device;
- determining, by the processing system, that a first secure communication link is established between an intermediary device and the donating communication device and determining that a second secure communication link is established between the intermediary device and the recipient communication device;
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- transmitting, by the processing system, the first portion of the data and the second portion of the data in the first identity module to the intermediary device by way of first secure communication link, wherein the intermediary device provides the first portion of the data without the second portion of the data to the second identity module of the recipient communication device by way of the second secure communication link, wherein the recipient communication device has permission to store the first portion of the data on the second identity module based on the first media content type according to the service plan and the recipient communication device does not have permission to store the second portion of the data on the second identity module based on the second media content type according to the service plan.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.