# US 11,910,190 B1 · System for binding multiple SIM cards to an electronic device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,910,190 B1 - Document ID: US11910190B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 17/847,424 - Filed: 2022-06-23 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2014-12-23 - Assignees: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. - Applicants: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. - Inventors: Elenchezhean Selvaraj; Darrell L. Suen; Melody Su-Shin Kao; Sridhar Kotamraju - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11910190B1 ## CPC - H04W 12/06: Authentication - H04L 63/083: {using passwords (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226)} - H04W 8/183: {Processing at user equipment or user record carrier} - H04W 8/245: {from a network towards a terminal} - H04W 12/45: using multiple identity modules - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract Subscriber identity modules can be bound to devices and utilized for authentication. An initial or additional subscriber identity module can be bound to a user device, for instance after successful user authentication by way of an alternate mechanism. A subscriber identity module of a device can be identified, and carrier data associated with the subscriber identity module can be requested and received. A determination can be made regarding whether the subscriber identity module is linked to the device, for instance by an original linkage. A user profile can be automatically updated with the carrier data to bind the user to the user device based on the subscriber identity module when the subscriber identity module is verified to be linked to the user device. Subsequently, the subscriber identity module can be utilized as a basis for authentication. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system, comprising: a processor coupled to a memory that stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: identify a first subscriber identity module (SIM) and a second SIM associated with a user device of a user; request, from a first carrier, carrier data associated with the first SIM and the second SIM, wherein the carrier data indicates that the first SIM is associated with the first carrier and the second SIM is associated with a second carrier; update a user profile of the user automatically with the carrier data to bind the user to the user device based on the first SIM and the second SIM; and utilize the first SIM and the second SIM in parallel. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to authenticate the user device based on the first SIM or the second SIM. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to abort further action when authentication of the user device fails. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to: verify that the first SIM and the second SIM is linked to the user device; and flag contact as fraudulent when verification that the first SIM or the second SIM is linked to the user device fails. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to abort the update and classify the user device as fraudulent when verification that the first SIM or the second SIM is linked originally to the user device fails. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to: compare the carrier data with the user profile to determine if the user profile includes the carrier data; and update the user profile with the carrier data when the carrier data is not present in the user profile. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the first SIM or the second SIM are encoded on a removable card. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein verifying that the first SIM or the second SIM are linked originally with the user device comprises evaluation of a swap indicator in the carrier data to determine whether the first SIM or the second SIM and the user device have a linked history. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the user profile includes data regarding at least a third SIM associated with the user device. ### Claim 10 A method, comprising: identifying, by a processor, a first subscriber identity module (SIM) and a second SIM associated with a user device of a user; requesting, by the processor, from a first carrier, carrier data associated with the first SIM and the second SIM, wherein the carrier data indicates that the first SIM is associated with the first carrier and the second SIM is associated with a second carrier; updating, by the processor, a user profile of the user automatically with the carrier data to bind the user to the user device based on the first SIM and the second SIM; and utilizing, by the processor, the first SIM and the second SIM in parallel. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising authenticating, by the processor, the user device based on the first SIM or the second SIM. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising aborting, by the processor, further action when authentication of the user device fails. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising: verifying, by the processor, that the first SIM and the second SIM is linked to the user device; and flagging, by the processor, contact as fraudulent when verification that the first SIM or the second SIM is linked to the user device fails. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising aborting, by the processor, the update and classify the user device as fraudulent when verification that the first SIM or the second SIM is linked originally to the user device fails. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising: comparing, by the processor, the carrier data with the user profile to determine if the user profile includes the carrier data; and updating, by the processor, the user profile with the carrier data when the carrier data is not present in the user profile. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the first SIM or the second SIM are encoded on a removable card. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein verifying that the first SIM or the second SIM are linked originally with the user device comprises evaluating, by the processor, a swap indicator in the carrier data to determine whether the first SIM or the second SIM and the user device have a linked history. ### Claim 18 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the user profile includes data regarding at least a third SIM associated with the user device. ### Claim 19 A non-transitory computer-readable storage device comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: identifying a first subscriber identity module (SIM) and a second SIM associated with a user device of a user; requesting, from a first carrier, carrier data associated with the first SIM and the second SIM, wherein the carrier data indicates that the first SIM is associated with the first carrier and the second SIM is associated with a second carrier; updating a user profile of the user automatically with the carrier data to bind the user to the user device based on the first SIM and the second SIM; and utilizing the first SIM and the second SIM in parallel. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 19, wherein the operations comprise authenticating the user device based on the first SIM or the second SIM.