Linking a subscriber identity module to a mobile device
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorFrans Visser
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Abstract
A system, device and method for linking SIM data to a mobile device is provided. The system, device and method provide for receiving the SIM data from a source external to the mobile device. Utilizing an NFC interface, the mobile device is capable of receiving the SIM data from an NFC tag embedded within a card, where the NFC tag stores the SIM data. In another embodiment, utilizing an adapter configured for reading the SIM data, the mobile device is configured to receive the SIM data from the adapter over a common interface between the mobile device and the adapter. In yet another embodiment, utilizing an image sensor, the mobile device is configured for receiving the SIM data upon scanning a code.
Claims10
A mobile device, comprising:
- a processor;
- a network interface;
- an input device that receives a verification code;
- a near field communication interface;
- and
- a memory,
- wherein the processor verifies, based on the verification code, that a user of the mobile device is authorized to transfer subscriber identity module data from a near field communication tag to the mobile device, wherein the subscriber identity module data is stored in memory of the near field communication tag, and wherein the subscriber identity module data includes information used by the mobile device to access a subscriber network,
- wherein the near field communication interface receives, after the processor verifies that the user is authorized to transfer the subscriber identity module data, the subscriber identity module data from the near field communication tag, and
- wherein the processor stores, in the memory of the mobile device, the subscriber identity module data and configures, based on the subscriber identity module data, the mobile device to access, using the network interface, the subscriber network.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a mobile device, a verification code;
- verifying, by the mobile device and based on the verification code, that a user of the mobile device is authorized to transfer subscriber identity module data from a near field communication tag to the mobile device, wherein the subscriber identity module data is stored in memory of the near field communication tag, and wherein the subscriber identity module data includes information used by the mobile device to access a subscriber network;
- responsive to verifying that the user of the mobile device is authorized to transfer the subscriber identity module data, receiving, by the mobile device and using a near field communication interface, subscriber identity module data from the near field communication tag;
- storing, by the mobile device, the subscriber identity module data in a memory of the mobile device;
- and
- configuring, by the mobile device and based on the subscriber identity module data stored in the memory of the mobile device, the mobile device to access the connecting a network subscriber network.
A non-transitory computer readable storage device encoded with instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors of a mobile device to:
- receive a verification code;
- verify, based on the verification code, that a user of the mobile device is authorized to transfer subscriber identity module data from a near field communication tag to the mobile device, wherein the subscriber identity module data is stored in memory of the near field communication tag, and wherein the subscriber identity module data includes information used by the mobile device to access a subscriber network;
- responsive to verifying that the user of the mobile device is authorized to transfer the subscriber identity module data, receive, by the mobile device and using a near field communication interface, subscriber identity module data from the near field communication tag;
- storing the subscriber identity module data in a memory of the mobile device;
- and
- configure, based on the subscriber identity module data stored in the memory of the mobile device, the mobile device to access the subscriber network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.