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Method and apparatus for assigning mobile subscriber identification information to multiple devices

  • US 10,462,657 B2
  • Filed: 05/04/2018
  • Issued: 10/29/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • selecting from among a group of registration devices, by a processing system including a processor, a first registration device, wherein the group of registration devices stores subscriber information including international mobile subscriber identities that are indexed to device identifications, wherein the first registration device is selected from among the group of registration devices depending upon a value of a first device identification for a first communication device, wherein a single international mobile subscriber identity is associated with a registration request by the first communication device, and wherein the single international mobile subscriber identity is associated with the first communication device and is associated with a second communication device; and

    transmitting, by the processing system, an authentication request to the first registration device that had been selected in dependence upon the value of the first device identification for the first communication device, wherein the first registration device stores first subscriber information, wherein the first subscriber information includes the single international mobile subscriber identity that is indexed to the first device identification for the first communication device, wherein a second registration device of the group of registration devices stores second subscriber information, wherein the second subscriber information includes the single international mobile subscriber identity that is indexed to a second device identification for the second communication device, wherein the second registration device does not store all of the first subscriber information, wherein the first registration device does not store all of the second subscriber information, and wherein the transmitting of the authentication request to the first registration device enables the first communication device to complete a registration process.

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