Dynamic utilization of services by a temporary device

• US 10,694,368 B2
• Filed: 03/29/2019
• Issued: 06/23/2020
• 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.)
• Inventors: Dowlatkhah, Sangar, Lau, Erie Lai Har
• Primary Examiner(s): Shedrick, Charles T
• Application Number:
  US16/369,895
• Publication Number:
  US 20190230494A1
• Time in Patent Office: 452 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 temporary or new device.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

in response to receiving, by a visited network device comprising a processor and corresponding to a visited network, a short message service message from a first user equipment of a subscriber of a service corresponding to a home network, sending, by the visited network device, the short message service message to a home network device of the home network to facilitate programming an application on the first user equipment, wherein the short message service message comprises a security code and a request to install the application on the first user equipment to facilitate an access of the service via the visited network, and wherein the application has been installed on a second user equipment of the subscriber; and

in response to determining that the security code is represented by a cloud profile of the subscriber of the service, facilitating, via the visited network device, the programming of the application on the first user equipment using over the air programming.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the facilitating the programming comprises:

receiving application data corresponding to the application from an application repository of the home network.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving, by the visited network device of the visited network, application preference information associated with the cloud profile.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to receiving an international mobile subscriber identity from the first user equipment, enabling, via the visited network device based on a verification of the international mobile subscriber identity, the application on the first user equipment to facilitate the access of the service.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the receiving the international mobile subscriber identity comprises:

storing the international mobile subscriber identity in a virtual subscriber identity module storage device of the visited network.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the virtual subscriber identity storage device is a first virtual storage device, and further comprising:

sending, by the visited network device of the visited network via the first virtual storage device, the international mobile subscriber identity to a second virtual storage device of the home network.

7. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

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

in response to receiving, from a mobile device via a first wireless network, a short message service message comprising a security code and a request to install an application on the first mobile device to facilitate an access of a wireless service via the first wireless network, sending the short message service message to a device of a second wireless network to facilitate, via a network device of the first wireless network, an installation of the application on the mobile device, wherein the application has been installed on another mobile device to facilitate another access of the wireless service via the first wireless network; and

in response to the security code being determined to correspond to information represented by cloud profile information that has been stored in a storage device of the second wireless network, facilitating the installation of the application on the first mobile device using over the air programming.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving application data from an application repository of the second wireless network, wherein the application data comprises configuration information of the application.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the facilitating the installation comprises:

based on the application data, configuring the application on the mobile device.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the facilitating the installation comprises:

receiving an international mobile subscriber identity from the mobile device; and

in response to verification of the international mobile subscriber identity, enabling the application on the mobile device to facilitate the access of the wireless service via the first wireless network.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise:

storing the international mobile subscriber identity in a virtual subscriber identity module storage device of the first wireless network.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the virtual subscriber identity module storage device is a first virtual storage device, and wherein the operations further comprise:

sending, via the first virtual storage device, the international mobile subscriber identity to a second virtual storage device of the second wireless network.

13. 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 first user equipment communicably coupled to the visited network, wherein the request is received via a short message service message comprising a security code; and

in response to relaying the short message service to a second network device of a home network to facilitate, via the first network device of the visited network, installing the application on the first user equipment, and in response to matching the security code with information represented in a cloud profile account that has been stored within a storage device of the home network, initiating, via the first network device of the visited network, the installing of the application on the first user equipment, wherein the application has been installed on a second user equipment that is associated with the home network.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the initiating the installing comprises:

receiving, via the cloud profile account, preference information associated with the application from the second network device; and

based on the preference information, initiating the installing of the application on the first user equipment.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to completion of the installing of the application on the first user equipment, receiving authentication information comprising a mobile subscriber integrated services for digital network number.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to the mobile subscriber integrated services for digital network number being authenticated based on the cloud profile account, enabling access to the application on the first user equipment.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

storing the mobile subscriber integrated service for digital network number in a virtual subscriber identity module storage device of the visited network.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13, 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 that is different from the first radio access network protocol.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to receiving an international mobile subscriber identity from the first user equipment, enabling, via the first network device based on a verification of the international mobile subscriber identity, the application on the first user equipment.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the receiving the international mobile subscriber identity comprises:

storing the international mobile subscriber identity in a virtual subscriber identity module storage device of the visited network to facilitate the enabling of the application on the first user equipment.