Automated credential porting for mobile devices
First Claim
1. A method performed by a network system communicatively coupled to a wireless device by a wireless access network, the method comprising:
- receiving, from the wireless device, a request to replace a current phone number of the wireless device with a second phone number;
based on the current phone number and the second phone number, initiating a network-provisioning state change;
sending a message to the wireless device, the message indicating the network-provisioning state change;
receiving a request from the wireless device to initiate a programming session,establishing a programming session with the wireless device;
obtaining an updated phone number from a database, the updated phone number associated with the wireless device;
provisioning one or more network elements in accordance with the updated phone number; and
sending the updated phone number to the wireless device.
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Abstract
Devices, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for updating wireless device credentials, the wireless device comprising: a user interface, memory configured to store one or more credentials for enabling the wireless device to obtain one or more services over a wireless access network, and one or more processors configured to execute one or more machine-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to obtain an indication of a user request to replace a particular credential with a target credential, detect a network-provisioning state change, determine that the particular credential does not match the target credential, initiate a programming session with a network element over a wireless access network, obtain an updated credential from the network element, and assist in storing the updated credential in memory.
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13 Claims
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1. A method performed by a network system communicatively coupled to a wireless device by a wireless access network, the method comprising:
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receiving, from the wireless device, a request to replace a current phone number of the wireless device with a second phone number; based on the current phone number and the second phone number, initiating a network-provisioning state change; sending a message to the wireless device, the message indicating the network-provisioning state change; receiving a request from the wireless device to initiate a programming session, establishing a programming session with the wireless device; obtaining an updated phone number from a database, the updated phone number associated with the wireless device; provisioning one or more network elements in accordance with the updated phone number; and sending the updated phone number to the wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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