AUTOMATIC OSCILLATING BIP SESSION FOR SIM SELF-REACTIVATION

• US 20130252584A1
• Filed: 03/22/2012
• Published: 09/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cellco Partnership, Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.), Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cellco Partnership, Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: CHEN, Xuming, CUADRAT, Ruben, VENKATARAMU, Praveen, YADDANAPUDI, Rama, UY, Warren Hojilla
• Granted Patent: US 8,965,339 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/411
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/35 Protecting application or service provisioning, e.g. securing SIM application provisioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/205 Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

A method and article of manufacture to reactivate a user identity card for a mobile station that communicates with a network is described. The user identity card is initially activated with the network. The user identity card has a unique identifier. Activation includes communicating with the mobile station from the network and programming the user identity card with network parameters. The network parameters programmed on the user identity card are then cleared after a preset period of time. The user identity card is reset to an unactivated state and then the user identity card can be reactivated with the network.

Claims

1. A method to reactivate a user identity card for a mobile station communicating with a network, comprising the steps of:

activating the user identity card with the network, wherein the user identity card has a unique identifier, the activating including the steps of;

sending a communication for the user identity card to the mobile station; and

transmitting programming with network parameters to the user identity card;

sending a command from the network to the mobile station clearing the network parameters programmed on the user identity card;

sending a command from the network to the mobile station resetting the cleared user identity card to an unactivated state; and

sending a command from the network to the mobile station reactivating the reset user identity card with the network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the activating step further comprises the steps of:

starting an activation session between the user identity card and the network; and

sending a command from the network to the mobile station refreshing the network parameters on the user identity card.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the clearing step comprises the steps of:

waiting, at the network, until a first checkpoint time;

responding to a request from the mobile station to verify the user identity card; and

sending a command from the network to the mobile station starting the clearing step based on the unique identifier associated with the request.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising the step of sending a command, to the mobile station from the network, to send the request to verify the user identity card.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the resetting step comprises the steps of:

waiting, at the network, until a second checkpoint time, which occurs after the first checkpoint time;

receiving, from the mobile station, a second request to verify the user identity card; and

sending a command from the network to the mobile station starting the resetting step, only after the user identity card has been cleared and based on the unique identifier associated with the second request.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the clearing step comprises the step of sending a command from the network to the mobile station setting a mobile directory number to zero, a mobile subscriber integrated services digital network number to zero, and an international mobile subscriber identity to a not programmed state.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the resetting step comprises the steps of:

waiting, at the network, until a second checkpoint time;

receiving, from the mobile station, a second request to verify the user identity card; and

sending a command from the network to the mobile station starting the resetting step based on the unique identifier associated with the second request.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising the step of sending a command, to the mobile station from the network, to send the second request to verify the user identity card.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the resetting step comprises the step of instructing the user identity card to reset an internal status.

10. An article of manufacture, comprising:

at least one machine readable storage medium; and

programming instructions embodied in said at least one medium for execution by a processor, wherein the programming instructions configure a network in communication with a mobile station to be capable of performing functions for reactivating a user identity card, the functions comprising;

activating the user identity card with the network, wherein the user identity card has a unique identifier, the activating including the steps of;

sending a communication for the user identity card to the mobile station from the network; and

transmitting programming with network parameters to the user identity card;

sending a command from the network to the mobile station clearing the network parameters programmed on the user identity card;

sending a command from the network to the mobile station resetting the cleared user identity card to an unactivated state; and

sending a command from the network to the mobile station reactivating the reset user identity card with the network.

11. The article of claim 10, wherein the activating function further comprises the functions of:

starting an activation session between the user identity card and the network; and

sending a command from the network to the mobile station refreshing the network parameters on the user identity card.

12. The article of claim 10, wherein the clearing function further comprises the functions of:

waiting, at the network, until a first checkpoint time;

responding to a request from the mobile station to verify the user identity card; and

sending a command from the network to the mobile station starting the clearing function based on the unique identifier.

13. The article of claim 10, wherein the clearing function further comprises the function of sending a command from the network to the mobile station setting a mobile directory number to zero, a mobile subscriber integrated services digital network number to zero, and an international mobile subscriber identity to a not programmed state.

14. The article of claim 12, wherein the functions further comprise the function of sending a command, from the network to the mobile station, to request verification.

15. The article of claim 10, wherein the resetting function further comprises the functions of:

waiting, at the network, until a second checkpoint time, which occurs after the first checkpoint time;

receiving, from the mobile station, a second request to verify the user identity card; and

sending a command from the network to the mobile station starting the resetting step based on the unique identifier.

16. The article of claim 10, wherein the resetting function further comprises the function of instructing the user identity card to reset an internal status.

17. The article of claim 15, wherein the functions further comprise the function of sending a command, from the network to the mobile station, to make the second request to verify the user identity card.

18. A method of reactivating a user identity card for a mobile station communicating with a network, comprising the steps of:

communicating with the network to request activation of the user identity card, wherein the user identity card has a unique identifier;

receiving, from the network, programming that includes network parameters;

receiving a command, from the network, to clear the network parameters programmed on the user identity card;

receiving a command, from the network, to reset the cleared user identity card to an unactivated state; and

communicating with the network to reactivate the reset user identity card with the network.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein:

the activating step further comprises the step of;

starting an activation session between the user identity card and the network;

the clearing step comprises the steps of;

waiting until a first checkpoint time to verify with the network;

requesting the network to verify the user identity card; and

receiving a command from the network to the mobile station to start the clearing step based on the unique identifier associated with the request; and

the resetting step comprises the steps of;

waiting until a second checkpoint time, which occurs after the first checkpoint time;

sending a second request to verify the user identity card to the network; and

receiving a command from the network to the mobile station starting the resetting step, only after the user identity card has been cleared and based on the unique identifier associated with the second request.