Detection of a delinquent mobile device
AssigneeT-Mobile USA, Inc.
InventorsSenthil Kumar Mulluppadi Velusamy, Kevin Lau
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Abstract
A method and system of detecting a delinquent mobile user device. An international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) of a subscriber identity module (SIM) card of the user device is determined by the user device. The IMSI is sent to a Remote Recovery Server (RRS). A message is received from the RRS as to whether the IMSI is authorized for the user device. Upon determining that the IMSI is not authorized for the user device, a notification is displayed on a display of the user device.
Claims23
A remote recovery server of a telecommunication carrier, comprising:
- a processor;
- a network interface coupled to the processor configured to enable communications via a communication network;
- a storage device for content and programming;
- a program stored in the storage device, wherein execution of the program by the processor configures the remote recovery server to perform acts comprising:
- receiving a first account status of a user device having an equipment installment plan (EIP) with the telecommunication carrier;
- upon determining, from the received first account status, that an account of the user device has not received a payment during a first time period:
- sending a first message to the user device, which includes instructions to a program stored in a memory of the user device, the instructions of the first message causing the program to (i) present on a display of the user device a first warning regarding a remaining part of a second time period for making a payment, and (ii) limit a first functionality of the user device;
- receiving a second account status of the user device after a second time period;
- and
- upon determining, from the received second account status, that an account of the user device has not received a payment during the second time period:
- sending a second message to the user device, including instructions to the program stored in the memory of the user device, to present a second warning on the display of the user device.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that upon execution cause one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
- receiving a first account status of a user device having an equipment installment plan (EIP) with a telecommunication carrier;
- upon determining, from the first received account status, that an account of the user device has not received a payment during a first time period:
- sending a first message to the user device, which includes instructions to a program stored in a memory of the user device, to present a first warning on a display of the user device;
- receiving a second account status of the user device after a second time period;
- upon determining, from the received second account status, that an account of the user device has not received a payment during the second time period:
- sending a second message to the user device, including instructions to the program stored in the memory of the user device, to present a second warning on the display of the user device;
- and
- upon determining that an alternate wireless service is used by the user device, sending a third message to the user device that includes instructions that cause the program stored in the memory of the user device to (i) determine a location of the user device, and (ii) display on the display of the user device an address of a nearest store of the telecommunication carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.