Method and system for enabling shared mobile data usage
AssigneeMovirtu Limited
InventorsRohit Jerath, Dingani Brian Nkala
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system and method for enabling personalized shared mobile phone usage when accessing data services within a wireless telecommunications network, including an illustrative example application of the invention as it relates to mobile subscribers who cannot afford a mobile phone handset in emerging markets. For instance, a prepaid wireless subscriber can have a personal phone number associated with their own billing account, which can be used to access data services on a wireless network without needing to purchase any hardware, such as a mobile handset or SIM card. Thus, the subscriber may access his account and use data services through a borrowed handset.
Claims16
A method for enabling internet usage on a shared mobile device, the method comprising:
- sending a first message from a Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) in a telecommunication network;
- receiving the first message at a system server, wherein the first message includes an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) relating to a subscription of a phone lender;
- providing commands to activate a virtual IMSI relating to a phone borrower;
- replacing the IMSI in the first message with the virtual IMSI thereby resulting in a second message;
- and
- sending the second message from the system server to a Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN).
A method for enabling internet usage on a shared mobile device, the method comprising:
- sending a first message from a Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) in a telecommunication network;
- receiving the first message at a system server, wherein the first message includes an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) relating to a subscription of a phone lender;
- replacing the IMSI in the first message with a virtual IMSI relating to a subscription of a phone borrower thereby resulting in a second message;
- sending the second message from the system server to a Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN);
- sending a Call Detail Record (CDR) from the system server to a Charging Gateway Function (CGF), wherein the CDR is based on the quantity of data consumed by the phone borrower while using the mobile device of the phone lender;
- and
- billing an account associated with the virtual IMSI based on the CDR received at the CGF.
A method for enabling internet usage on a shared mobile device, the method comprising:
- sending a first message from a Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) in a telecommunication network;
- receiving the first message at a system server, wherein the first message includes an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) relating to a subscription of a phone owner;
- providing commands to activate a virtual IMSI relating to a phone borrower;
- replacing the IMSI in the first message with the virtual IMSI thereby resulting in a second message;
- sending the second message from the system server to a Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN);
- sending a Call Detail Record (CDR) from the system server to a Charging Gateway Function (CGF), wherein the CDR is based on the quantity of data consumed by the phone borrower while using the phone owner's mobile phone;
- and
- billing an account associated with the virtual IMSI based on the CDR received at the CGF.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.