Systems and methods for multi-device wireless SIM management
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorNicholas S. Huslak
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Abstract
Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for automated multi-device, multi-persona wireless SIM management. A virtual SIM database associated with a user is maintained on the mobile service provider's network. Such a virtual SIM database contains multiple personas for that user. For each of the user devices they wish to use on the mobile service network, the user is furnished with one “stub” SIM to be installed on the user device, onto which may be loaded any one of the personas maintained by the virtual SIM database. Upon an event, a selected user device downloads a selected persona from the network and loads it onto its stub SIM, so that the selected device is now registered on the network with that persona.
Claims19
A wireless communication device comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor that, when executing an algorithm, causes the wireless communication device to perform operations comprising
- sending, to a management server, a request to select a persona associated with the wireless communication device, the persona comprising one persona selected from a group of personas comprising a work persona and a personal persona,
- receiving, from the management server, the persona,
- loading the persona to the memory, and
- registering with a network using the persona, wherein the persona is synchronized with one of the groups of personas associated with the wireless communication device.
A memory that stores an algorithm thereon that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:
- sending, to a management server, a request to select a persona associated with a wireless communication device, the persona comprising one persona selected from a group of personas comprising a work persona and a personal persona;
- receiving, from the management server, the persona;
- loading the persona to the memory;
- and
- registering with a network using the persona, wherein the persona is synchronized with one of the groups of personas associated with the wireless communication device.
A method comprising:
- sending, by a wireless communication device comprising a processor and to a management server, a request to select a persona associated with the wireless communication device, the persona comprising one persona selected from a group of personas comprising a work persona and a personal persona;
- receiving, by the wireless communication device and from the management server, the persona, wherein the management server selects the persona from a database that stores the groups of personas comprising the work persona and the personal persona;
- loading, by the wireless communication device, the persona to the memory;
- and
- registering, by the wireless communication device, with a network using the persona, wherein the persona is synchronized with one of the groups of personas associated with the wireless communication device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.