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US 8,559,930 B2Granted
Occasional access to a wireless network
AssigneeEvolving Systems, Inc.
InventorsDavid Thorn, Stephen Parsons, Stuart Cochran
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Abstract
Tools and techniques for activating a wireless device on a wireless network and/or for providing a wireless device with occasional access to a wireless network. In an aspect, such tools can provide a wireless device with a temporary addressing number to allow the wireless device to send data to the network; this temporary addressing number, then, can be recycled to be used by another wireless device for accessing the network.
Claims9
A method of providing a wireless device with occasional access to a wireless network, the method comprising:
- assigning an IMSI number to the wireless device, wherein the IMSI number falls within a pool of known IMSI numbers, and wherein the wireless device is not activated as a subscriber on the wireless network;
- providing, in the wireless network, a detection device configured to identify the wireless device;
- configuring the wireless network to identify the detection device as a quasi-home location register for the pool of known IMSI numbers;
- receiving, at a base station controller, a message from the wireless device, wherein the message comprises the IMSI number;
- identifying the IMSI number of the wireless device;
- based on the identification of the IMSI number, identifying the detection device as a quasi-home location register for the wireless device;
- receiving, at the detection device, a query from a mobile switching center (“MSC”) for data pertaining to the wireless device;
- selecting, from a pool of temporary mobile subscriber international ISDN numbers (“MSISDN”) maintained by the activation system, a temporary MSISDN for the wireless device;
- providing to the MSC, in response to the query, the temporary MSISDN assigned to the wireless device;
- receiving, at the detection device, a first location update request from a visited location register for a first subscriber profile for the wireless device;
- sending to the visited location register, in response to the first location update request, a message comprising the first subscriber profile for the wireless device;
- receiving, at the detection device, a second location update request from a service GPRS support node for a second subscriber profile for the wireless device;
- sending to the service GPRS support node, in response to the second location update request, a message comprising the second subscriber profile for the wireless device, the second subscriber profile to support one or more access point names;
- receiving data from the wireless device;
- and
- returning the temporary MSISDN to the pool of temporary MSISDNs, such that the temporary MSISDN can be selected for another wireless device.
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A method of providing a wireless device with occasional access to a wireless network, the method comprising:
- assigning an identification number to the wireless device, wherein the identification number falls within a pool of known identification numbers, and wherein the wireless device is not activated as a subscriber on the wireless network;
- providing, in the wireless network, a detection device configured to identify the wireless device;
- configuring the wireless network to identify the detection device as a quasi-home location register for the block of known identification numbers;
- receiving, at the detection device, a first location update request from a visited location register for a first subscriber profile for the wireless device
- assigning, at the detection device, a temporary mobile subscriber international ISDN (“MSISDN”) to the wireless device, the MSISDN being selected from a pool of temporary MSISDN numbers;
- in response to the first location update request, providing the temporary MSISDN to the visited location register;
- receiving, at the detection device, a second location update request for a second subscriber profile for the wireless device;
- sending, in response to the second location update request, a message comprising the second subscriber profile for the wireless device;
- receiving data from the wireless device;
- and
- un-assigning the temporary MSISDN after the data has been received from the wireless device.
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A method of activating a wireless device on a wireless network, the method comprising:
- assigning a first identification number to an identification module, wherein the identification number falls within a pool of known identification numbers, and wherein the identification module is not activated as a subscriber on the wireless network;
- providing, in the wireless network, a detection device configured to identify a wireless device associated with the identification module;
- configuring the wireless network to identify the detection device as a quasi-home location register for the block of known identification numbers;
- receiving, at the detection device, a first location update request from a visited location register for a first subscriber profile for the wireless device
- assigning, at the detection device, a temporary mobile subscriber international ISDN (“MSISDN”) to the wireless device, the MSISDN being selected from a pool of temporary MSISDN numbers;
- in response to the first location update request, providing the temporary MSISDN to the visited location register;
- receiving, at the detection device, a second location update request for a second subscriber profile for the wireless device;
- sending, in response to the second location update request, a message comprising the second subscriber profile for the wireless device;
- receiving data from the wireless device;
- and
- un-assigning the temporary MSISDN after the data has been received from the wireless device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.