DYNAMIC UTILIZATION OF SERVICES BY A TEMPORARY DEVICE

• US 20180192282A1
• Filed: 03/02/2018
• Published: 07/05/2018
• 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.)
• Granted Patent: US 10,278,061 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 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 the 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;

facilitating sending, to the first network device of the visited network, application data relating to the application received from an application repository; and

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

2. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

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

3. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, 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 based on the authentication information; and

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

4. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 3, wherein the authentication information further comprises information relating to a subscriber identity module of the first network device.

5. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 4, wherein the subscriber identity module is a virtual subscriber identity module.

6. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the receiving the request comprises:

receiving a short message service message comprising the request.

7. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein the short message service message comprises a code associated with a subscriber profile account associated with the mobile station international subscriber directory number.

8. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the receiving the data representing the software application comprises receiving application configuration information and application preference information associated with the subscriber profile account.

9. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein the operations further comprise:

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

10. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

initiating deletion of the application from the first network device in response to receiving an indication that the application has been logged off.

11. 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 mobile device of a first network, a request to install an application on the mobile device, wherein the request comprises a security code;

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

transmitting application data, relating to the application and received from an application repository, to the mobile device of the first network; and

facilitating installation of the application on the mobile device using over the air programming via a first network device of the first network.

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

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

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

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

authenticating the mobile station international subscriber directory number based on the authentication information; and

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

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the authentication information further comprises information relating to a subscriber identity module of the first network device.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the subscriber identity module is a virtual subscriber identity module.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the receiving the request further comprises:

receiving a short message service message comprising the request.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the short message service message comprises a code associated with a subscriber profile account associated with a mobile station international subscriber directory number.

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

initiating deletion of the application from the first network device in response to receiving an indication that the application has been logged off.

19. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a first network device comprising a processor and that is part of a visited network, a request to install an application on the user equipment communicably coupled to the first network device, wherein the request comprises a security code;

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

facilitating, by the first network device, sending application data relating to the application received from an application repository to the first network device of the visited network; and

facilitating programming, by the first network device, the application on the user equipment using over the air programming.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

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