Method of performing an authentication on a subscriber identity module card by an electronic communication device
AssigneeInventec Appliances Corp.
InventorsTai Shui Ho, Shih Kuang Tsai, Fu Zu Li
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Abstract
This invention discloses a method of performing an authentication on an identity module card by an electronic communication device through installing an identification software provided by a telecommunication service provider into an electronic communication device to identify whether a subscriber identity module card is installed therein, and request a user to input an authentication data provided by the telecommunication service provider into the electronic communication device for enabling the electronic communication device to execute the booting procedure for communicating with others through the telecommunication service provider.
Claims5
A method of performing an authentication on a subscriber identity module card by an electronic communication device, the electronic communication device being installed with an identification software provided by a telecommunication service provider, the identification software enabling the electronic communication device to proceed with the procedure comprising the steps of:
- executing the identification software;
- determining that the subscriber identity module card installed in the electronic communication device has been changed;
- showing a screen on a display of the electronic communication device requesting a user to input an authentication data provided by the telecommunication service provider;
- encrypting the authentication data by an encryption mechanism installed in the electronic communication device, and generating an identification number;
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- determining whether the generated identification number is identical to an identification number stored in the subscriber identity module card and, if yes, continuing a booting procedure of the electronic communication device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.