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ACCOUNT LINKAGE IN MACHINE-TO-MACHINE SCENARIOS

  • US 20140045454A1
  • Filed: 04/28/2011
  • Published: 02/13/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of associating an appliance with an appliance user at respective appliance media site and home telecommunication network, the method comprising:

  • upon a user switching-on an appliance with an appliance SIM card of a home telecommunication network, the appliance attaching to the home telecommunication network;

    the user setting the appliance for association of the user with the appliance;

    the appliance requesting a token to the home telecommunication network for the association of the user with the appliance, the request including an appliance identifier of the appliance SIM card;

    an Identity Linking Function server of the home telecommunication network generating the token, associating the token and the appliance identifier of the appliance SIM card, and providing the token to the appliance;

    the user accessing an appliance media site server, through a terminal equipment, and registering a user name and password to initiate a user account in the appliance media site server;

    the appliance media site server creating a user account for the user with the user name and password;

    the user submitting, through the terminal equipment, an identifier of the home telecommunication network to the appliance media site server, and the appliance media site server redirecting the user towards the home telecommunication network with information for further return;

    upon redirection to the home telecommunication network, the user providing through the terminal equipment the token as user identification;

    the Identity Linking Function server retrieving the appliance identifier of the appliance SIM card associated with the token, and redirecting the user back to the appliance media site server with the retrieved appliance identifier of the appliance SIM card; and

    the appliance media site server associating the appliance identifier of the appliance SIM card with the user account in the appliance media site server.

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