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US 8,798,618 B2Granted
System and method for IMEI detection and alerting
AssigneeAT&T Mobility II LLC
InventorsDonald M. Cardina, Anastasios L. Kefalas
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Abstract
A system and method for detecting and storing information regarding a mobile communications device within a mobile communications network are disclosed. Initially, a first data record is received at a subscriber/device database comprising subscriber/device data. Next, a second data record is received at the subscriber/device database comprising additional subscriber/device data. A first data record of a subscriber may then be compared to a second data record of the same subscriber, and if the first data record is different from the second data record a service provider may be notified.
Claims20
A server, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- determining whether a device capability data for one mobile station out of a plurality of mobile stations indicates that an associated international mobile station equipment identity is the same as a received international mobile equipment identity that is received with a subscriber identity module data, the device capability data associating the associated international mobile equipment identity of the mobile station with a plurality of functional capabilities of the mobile station,
- identifying a new functional capability associated with the received international mobile equipment identity but not associated with the associated international mobile equipment identity upon determining that the received international mobile equipment identity is not the same as the associated international mobile equipment identity, and
- initiating configuration of the mobile station to support the new functional capability upon determining that the received international mobile equipment identity is not the same as the associated international mobile equipment identity,
- wherein a determination of whether the device capability data for the received international mobile equipment identity is associated with the new functional capability is not performed upon determining that the received international mobile equipment identity is the same as the associated international mobile equipment identity.
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A method, comprising:
- initiating a configuration of one mobile station out of a plurality of mobile stations, each mobile station having an international mobile equipment identity and a plurality of functional capabilities, the configuration for supporting a new functional capability identified as being associated with a received international mobile equipment identity that is received with a subscriber identity module data but not associated with an associated international mobile equipment identity of the mobile station, the associated international mobile equipment identity of the mobile station being associated with the plurality of functional capabilities of the mobile station,
- wherein a determination of whether a device capability data for the received international mobile equipment identity is associated with the new functional capability not associated with the associated international mobile equipment identity is not performed upon determining the received international mobile equipment identity is the same as the associated international mobile equipment identity.
A device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a subscriber identity module comprising a memory coupled to the processor;
- the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- determining whether a new international mobile equipment identity is the same as a previous international mobile equipment identity, and
- transmitting the new international mobile equipment identity to a server across a mobile communication network upon determining that the new international mobile equipment identity is not the same as the previous international mobile equipment identity,
- wherein the new international mobile equipment identity is not transmitted upon determining that the new international mobile equipment identity is the same as the previous international mobile equipment identity;
- and
- wherein the server initiates a configuration to support a new functional capability identified as being associated with the new international mobile equipment identity but not being associated with the previous international mobile equipment identity upon determining the new international mobile equipment identity is not the same as the previous international mobile equipment identity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.