System, Method and Apparatus for Pairing SIM or UICC Cards with Authorized Wireless Devices
AssigneeTracFone Wireless, Inc.
InventorsShoaib S. Khan, Khurram Humayun Chawdhry, Ovidio Mejia
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Abstract
A wireless device and a process of authorizing a wireless device are disclosed. The process includes storing a list of authorized terminals within a memory accessible by a wireless device. The process further includes comparing the list of authorized terminals in the memory to at least one of terminal profile data and an IMEI of the wireless device and allowing network access if at least one of the terminal profile data and the IMEI are found on the list of authorized terminals and limiting network access if at least one of the terminal profile data and the IMEI are not found on the list of authorized terminals.
Claims20
In A process of authorizing a wireless device comprising:
- executing a pairing application comprising a plurality of switches by the wireless device;
- storing a list of authorized terminals within a memory accessible by the wireless device;
- comparing the list of authorized terminals in the memory to at least one of terminal profile data and an IMEI of the wireless device with the pairing application;
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- allowing network access if at least one of the terminal profile data and the IMEI are found on the list of authorized terminals and limiting network access if the terminal profile data and the IMEI are not found on the list of authorized terminals.
A wireless device configured to control network authorization comprising:
- a removable memory storing a list of authorized terminals within the wireless device;
- a processor configured to execute a pairing application comprising a plurality of switches;
- a comparator to compare the list of authorized terminals in the removable memory to at least one of terminal profile data and an IMEI of the wireless device;
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- the wireless device being configured to allow network access if at least one the terminal profile data and the IMEI of the wireless device is found on the list of authorized terminals and the wireless device being further configured to limit network access if the terminal profile data and the IMEI of the wireless device are not found on the list of authorized terminals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.