Dynamic utilization of services by a temporary device

• US 10,278,061 B2
• Filed: 03/02/2018
• Issued: 04/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.), AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Dowlatkhah, Sangar, Lau, Erie Lai Har
• Primary Examiner(s): Shedrick, Charles T
• Application Number:
  US15/910,903
• Publication Number:
  US 20180192282A1
• Time in Patent Office: 424 Days
• Field of Search: 4554351, 455433, 709225
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/069 using certificates or pre-shared keys
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/02 Processing of mobility data, e.g. registration information at HLR [Home Location Register] or VLR [Visitor Location Register]; Transfer of mobility data, e.g. between HLR, VLR or external networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/06 Registration at serving network Location Register, VLR or user mobility server
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/20 Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/205 Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

A system for dynamically providing or utilizing services and applications on a temporary or new device is provided. A user can send a message with a secure code that is forwarded to a home network associated with the user. The home network can initiate transferring data from an application repository on the home network to the visited network which can then install the application through over the air programming. Once installed on the device, the application can send authentication information including the subscriber identity module (SIM) information to a virtual SIM database on the visiting carrier or home carrier networks to enable the application and services on the device.

Claims

1. A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

receiving, from a first network device of a visited network, a request to install an application on a user equipment device communicably coupled to the visited network, wherein the request is received via a short message service message comprising a security code associated with a cloud profile account;

matching the security code with corresponding information represented in the cloud profile account stored by a second network device of a home network;

facilitating sending, to the first network device of the visited network, application data relating to the application received from an application repository, wherein the application data comprises application configuration information and application preference information associated with the cloud profile account; and

initiating programming of the application, based on the application configuration information and the application preference information, on the user equipment device using over the air programming via the first network device of the visited network.

2. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving authentication information comprising a mobile station international subscriber directory number associated with the user equipment device from first network device of the visited network;

authenticating the mobile station international subscriber directory number based on the authentication information; and

in response to the authenticating being successful, sending an application access approval indication to the first network device of the visited network.

3. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 2, wherein the authentication information further comprises information relating to a subscriber identity module of the first network device.

4. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 3, wherein the subscriber identity module is a first virtual subscriber identity module.

5. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 4, wherein the operations further comprise:

synchronizing second virtual subscriber identity module information of the second network device with the first virtual subscriber identity module information associated with the first network device.

6. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 2, wherein the code is associated the mobile station international subscriber directory number.

7. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

forwarding the short message service message to a short message service center device of the home network.

8. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

initiating deletion of the application from the first network device in response to receiving an indication that the application has been logged off.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the visited network is associated with a first radio access network protocol and the home network is associated with a second radio access network protocol different from the first radio access network protocol.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the initiating programming of the application is in response to completion of the sending the application data to the first network device.

11. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

receiving, from a mobile device of a first network, a request to install an application on the mobile device, wherein the request is received via a short message service message that comprises a security code associated with a cloud profile account;

matching the security code with corresponding information represented in the cloud profile account stored by a first network device of a second network;

transmitting application data, relating to the application and received from an application repository, to the mobile device of the first network, wherein the application data comprises application configuration information and application preference information associated with the cloud profile account; and

facilitating installation of the application, based on the application configuration information and the application preference information, on the mobile device using over the air programming via a second network device of the first network.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving authentication information comprising a mobile station international subscriber directory number associated with the mobile device from the second network device of the first network;

authenticating the mobile station international subscriber directory number based on the authentication information; and

in response to the authenticating being successful, sending an application access approval indication to the second network device of the first network.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the authentication information further comprises information relating to a subscriber identity module of the first network device.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the subscriber identity module is a virtual subscriber identity module.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the code is associated with a mobile station international subscriber directory number.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

initiating deletion of the application from the first network device in response to receiving an indication that the application has been logged off.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise forwarding the short message service message to a short message service center device of the second network.

18. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a first network device comprising a processor and that is part of a visited network, a request to install an application on a user equipment device communicably coupled to the first network device, wherein the request is received via a short message service message that comprises a security code associated with a cloud profile account;

matching, by the first network device, the security code with corresponding information represented in the cloud profile account stored by a second network device of a home network;

facilitating, by the first network device, sending application data relating to the application received from an application repository to the first network device of the visited network, wherein the application data comprises application configuration information and application preference information associated with the cloud profile account; and

facilitating programming, by the first network device, the application, based on the application configuration information and the application preference information, on the user equipment device using over the air programming.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising forwarding the short message service message to a short message service center device of the home network.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the facilitating programming of the application is in response to receiving a prompt associated with the over the air programming.