Over-the-air card provisioning system and method
AssigneeSprint Communications Company L.P.
InventorWeiwen Zhu
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Abstract
A system for over-the-air provisioning of a card on a wireless device is provided. The system includes a wireless device, a provisioning system in communication with the wireless device, and an issuer system to maintain an account related to a card. The issuer system is operable to wirelessly enable the card on the wireless device via the provisioning system. A method for over-the-air card provisioning of a wireless device is also provided. The method includes authorizing, by an issuer, an account related to a card, and wirelessly provisioning the card on a wireless device.
Claims56
A system for over-the-air provisioning of a card on a wireless device, the system comprising:
- a wireless device having a removable chip;
- an issuer system to maintain an account related to a card;
- and
- an authentication authority having enablement data and a unique identifier related to the removable chip;
- wherein the authentication authority provides the enablement data and the unique identifier related to the removable chip to the issuer system;
- and
- wherein the issuer system uses the enablement data to enable the removable chip for use and the unique identifier to authenticate the removable chip before loading information related to the card onto the removable chip.
A method for over-the-air provisioning of a card on a wireless device, the method comprising:
- an issuer:
- authorizing an account related to a card;
- notifying a network operator of the authorization;
- and
- requesting that the network operator issue the card operable for the account to a wireless device;
- and
- the network operator:
- issuing the card to the wireless device;
- at the time of issuing the card to the wireless device, monitoring network activity for fraudulent activity;
- and
- if fraudulent activity is detected, implementing evasive measures to prevent unauthorized usage of the card.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.