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US 8,265,599 B2Granted
Enabling and charging devices for broadband services through nearby SIM devices
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorTsaba Zohar
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Abstract
Embodiments relate to a method of access to wireless networks and/or network services, such as WiMAX, from a first wireless-enabled device, by sharing the credential of a second wireless-enabled device.
Claims19
A method, comprising:
- transmitting, from a first wireless device over a communications channel that does not require SIM-authentication, a request for at least a portion of an authentication credential to access a SIM-authenticated wireless network;
- receiving the requested portion of the authentication credential by the first wireless device;
- and
- accessing the SIM-authenticated wireless network using the requested portion of the authentication credential.
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A method, comprising:
- transmitting access data from a wireless device to a SIM-enabled device, over a communications channel that does not require SIM-authentication;
- receiving, at the wireless device, transformed data authenticated by the SIM-enabled device;
- and
- accessing a SIM-authenticated wireless network using the transformed data.
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A system, comprising:
- a wireless device having a first communication interface configured to communicate with a SIM-authenticated wireless network, and a second communication interface configured to communicate over a communications channel that is different than a channel used for communicating with the SIM-authenticated wireless network, wherein the wireless device is configured to transmit a request over the communication channel for a SIM credential to access the SIM-authenticated wireless network;
- and
- a SIM-enabled device having a communication interface configured to communicate with the wireless device over the communications channel, wherein the SIM-enabled device has access to the SIM credential that is used by the wireless device to access the SIM-authenticated wireless network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.