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US 7,917,123 B2Granted
Method and arrangement for realizing a prepaid subscription and a prepayment terminal and a cellular network terminal utilizing the method
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorEsa Juntunen
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Abstract
The object of the invention is a method and arrangement including equipment, with which it is possible to add right of use into a SIM card located in a cellular terminal of a cellular network. According to the invention the addition is made with the aid of a prepayment terminal according to the invention, and the possessor of the terminal pays in a desired manner the provided addition of right of use to the legal person, who acts as the intermediary. The cellular network operator bills the legal person, who provided the addition, by an amount corresponding to the added right of use.
Claims28
A system comprising:
- a mobile terminal comprising:
- a subscriber identity module and
- a short range wireless component storing identification information comprising an identification of the subscriber identity module, wherein the short range wireless component stores identification information independently from the subscriber identity module and the identification information comprises an integrated circuit card number of the subscriber identity module;
- and
- a prepayment terminal located in a premises managed by a legal person, wherein the prepayment terminal is configured:
- to receive, independently of the subscriber identity module, the identification information stored in the short range wireless component;
- to receive an authorization for adding an amount of right to use for the subscriber identity module;
- to transmit the identification of the subscriber identity module and the authorized amount of right of use to a network operator;
- and
- to receive a first indication of a successful addition of the right of use to the subscriber identity module,
- where the prepayment terminal transmits the identification and receives the first indication through a communication link established between the prepayment terminal and the network operator and the communication link is independent of any data communication link that may exist between the mobile terminal and the network operator.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, independently of a subscriber identity module, identification information stored in a short range wireless component of a mobile terminal at a prepayment terminal located in a premises managed by a legal person, wherein the identification information comprises an identification of the subscriber identification module of the mobile terminal, wherein the identification information comprises an integrated circuit card number of the subscriber identity module and the short range wireless component stores the identification information independently from the subscriber identity module;
- receiving an authorization for an amount of right of use for the subscriber identity module;
- transmitting the identification information and the authorized amount of right of use for the subscriber identity module to a network operator;
- and
- receiving a first indication of a successful addition of the right of use to the subscriber identity module,
- where transmitting the identification and receiving the first indication is performed through a communication link established between the prepayment terminal and the network operator and the communication link is independent of any data communication link that may exist between the mobile terminal and the network operator.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, independently of a subscriber identity module, identification information and an authorized amount of right of use for the subscriber identity module of a mobile terminal from a prepayment terminal located in a premises managed by a legal person, wherein the identification information comprises an identification of the subscriber identification module, wherein the identification comprises an integrated circuit card number of the subscriber identity module and the short range wireless component stores the identification information independently from the subscriber identity module;
- adding the amount of right of use to the subscriber identity module;
- and
- charging an amount corresponding to the added amount of right of use to an account of the legal person,
- where receiving the identification information and the authorized amount of right of use is performed through a communication link established with the prepayment terminal and the communication link is independent of any data communication link that may exist between the mobile terminal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.