SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REUSING A SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE FOR MULTIPLE NETWORKS

• US 20120302284A1
• Filed: 05/24/2012
• Published: 11/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GigSky, Inc.
• Original Assignee: GigSky, Inc.
• Inventors: Rishy-Maharaj, Ravi, Wyant, Ira Anthony
• Granted Patent: US 9,173,093 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/552.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/751 Card based account, e.g. smart card, SIM card or USIM
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/7556 by SIM, e.g. smart card account in SCP, SDP or SN
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/7655 shared by technologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/773 per technology, e.g. PSTN or wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 17/026 Constructional features
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/04 Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/35 Protecting application or service provisioning, e.g. securing SIM application provisioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

A system for utilizing a SIM device for connecting and subscribing to a local network of local mobile server systems on an ad hoc basis is provided. The system includes a SIM device that has computer readable medium storing instructions that cause the SIM device to store credential data including an authentication key from the local mobile server systems on an ad hoc basis after the SIM device has left the manufacturer. A local network of a local mobile server systems allows a SIM device to connect and subscribe to the local network of local mobile service systems on an ad hoc basis. At the local network of local mobile service systems a subscription request is received and credential data from the local network to the SIM device is transmitted on an ad hoc basis after the SIM device has left the manufacturer.

Claims

1. A system for utilizing a SIM device for connecting and subscribing to a local network of local mobile server systems on an ad hoc basis, comprising:

a SIM device having;

a non-transitory computer readable medium storing one or more machine readable instructions, which when invoked cause the SIM device to store credential data including an authentication key from the local mobile server systems, wherein the storing occurs on an ad hoc basis after the SIM device has left the manufacturer.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the local network is a mobile network operator which owns or controls access to a radio spectrum license from a regulatory or government entity.

3. The system of claim 1, the SIM device having a non-transitory machine-readable medium with instructions, which, when invoked, may store three or more authentication keys.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising a wireless device communicatively coupled to the SIM device.

5. The system of claim 4, the computer readable medium storing thereon one or more machine instructions to operate a mobile hotspot by transmitting data with a transceiver in order to transmit data from a local network to a networked device.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the wireless device is a cellular telephone.

7. The system of claim 1, the SIM device having a non-transitory machine-readable medium with instructions, which, when invoked, may adjust data in a subscription profile stored on the SIM device in order to account for a subscription change.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium storing one or more machine readable instructions, which when invoked cause the SIM device to receive the credential data from the local network of the local mobile server system.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the receiving at the SIM device of credential data from the local network of the local mobile server system occurs via service fulfillment server systems by the local network transmitting the credential data to the service fulfillment server system and the service fulfillment server systems transmitting the credential data to the SIM device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the receiving at the SIM device of credential data from the service fulfillment server systems occurs via a wireless device in that the service fulfillment server systems transmitted the credential data to the wireless device and the wireless device transmitted the credential data to the SIM device.

11. A method for utilizing a local network of a local mobile server systems to allow a SIM device to connect and subscribe to the local network of local mobile service systems on an ad hoc basis, comprising:

receiving at the local network of local mobile service systems a subscription request; and

transmitting credential data from the local network to the SIM device, wherein the receiving and transmitting occurs on an ad hoc basis after the SIM device has left the manufacturer.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the credentials include an authentication key and an international mobile subscriber identity.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the subscription request is received by the local network from a service fulfillment server system.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the local network is a mobile network operator which owns or controls access to a radio spectrum license from a regulatory or government entity.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising receiving credential data at the local network in order to authenticate the SIM device and allowing the SIM device access to the local network.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising transmitting new terms of service from the local network to the service fulfillment server system.

17. A method for utilizing a service fulfillment server system to allow a SIM device to connect and subscribe to a local network of local mobile service systems on an ad hoc basis, comprising:

receiving at the service fulfillment server system credential data from the local mobile service systems; and

transmitting, from the service fulfillment server system, the credential data to the SIM device,

wherein the receiving and transmitting occur on an ad hoc basis after the SIM device has left the manufacturer.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the local network of the local mobile service systems is controlled by a mobile network operator which owns or controls access to a radio spectrum license from a regulatory or government entity.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the credentials include an authentication key and an international mobile subscriber identity.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the transmitting occurs via a wireless device, the service fulfillment server system transmitting the credential data to the wireless device and the wireless device transmitting the credential data to the SIM device.