DYNAMIC UTILIZATION OF SERVICES BY A TEMPORARY DEVICE

• US 20170041778A1
• Filed: 08/07/2015
• Published: 02/09/2017
• 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.), AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Lau, Erie Lai Har, Dowlatkhah, Sangar
• Granted Patent: US 9,942,747 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 device.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

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

receiving, from a visited network device of a visited network to which a mobile device is communicatively coupled, a request to use a service from the mobile device, wherein the service is enabled by a software application executed by the mobile device;

in response to forwarding the request to a home network device of a home network associated with the mobile device, receiving data representing the application from the home network device; and

initiating a wireless transmission of the software application directed to the mobile device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the receiving the request comprises:

receiving a short message service message comprising the request.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the operations further comprise:

forwarding the short message service message to a short message service center device of the home network.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the short message service message comprises a code associated with a profile account.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the receiving the data representing the software application comprises receiving application configuration information and application preference information associated with the profile account.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving authentication information from the mobile device; and

enabling usage of the software application on the mobile device in response to a successful authentication of the authentication information.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the authentication information comprises information relating to a subscriber identity module of the mobile device.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the subscriber identity module is a virtual subscriber identity module.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the operations further comprise:

matching the authentication information to corresponding information stored by a virtual subscriber identity module data store of the visited network.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein the operations further comprise:

matching the authentication information to corresponding information stored by a virtual subscriber identity module data store of the home network.

11. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a device comprising a processor from a visited network device of a visited network to which a user equipment is communicatively coupled, a message from the user equipment comprising an authorization code for a service enabled by an application executed by the user equipment;

transmitting, by the device, the message to a home network device of a home network associated with the user equipment;

receiving, by the device, application data representing the application from an application repository of the home network; and

facilitating, by the device, installation of the application on the user equipment via an over the air programming channel of the visited network.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the transmitting further comprises transmitting the message to a short message service center device of the home network.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the authorization code is associated with a cloud profile account.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving, by the device, application configuration information and an application preference information by accessing profile information of the cloud profile.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving, by the device, information relating to a virtual subscriber identity module from the user equipment;

authenticating, by the device, the user equipment based on matching the information to first virtual subscriber identity module information stored by a first database of the home network; and

enabling, by the device, access to the application on the user equipment based on a successful result of the authenticating.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

synchronizing, by the device, second virtual subscriber identity module information of a second database on the visited network with the first virtual subscriber identity module information stored by the first database of the home network.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

initiating, by the device, deletion of the application from the user equipment in response to receiving an indication that the application has been logged off.

18. A machine-readable storage 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 user equipment communicably coupled to the visited network, wherein the request comprises a security code;

matching the security code with corresponding information represented in a cloud profile account stored by a second network device of a home network;

sending application data relating to the application received from an application repository to the visited network; and

initiating programming of the application on the user equipment using over the air programming via the first network device of the visited network.

19. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise:

transmitting application configuration and preference information determined from the cloud profile to the first network device of the visited network.

20. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving authentication information comprising a mobile station international subscriber directory number associated with the user equipment from first network device of the visited network;

authenticating the mobile station international subscriber directory number using a result of a comparison with information of a virtual subscriber identity module data store; and

in response to the authenticating being successful, sending an application access approval indication to the visited network.