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Wireless network authentication apparatus and methods

  • US 8,666,368 B2
  • Filed: 11/22/2010
  • Issued: 03/04/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for enabling a user equipment to access wireless services, comprising:

  • distributing access client data to a first entity, wherein the first entity comprises a vendor of virtualized Universal Subscriber Identity Modules (USIMs), and the access client data comprises a virtualized USIM;

    conveying the access client data from the first entity to a second entity over a first communications link, wherein the second entity comprises a trusted services manager;

    at the trusted services manager, using user credentials to authenticate the user equipment, wherein the user equipment does not include a physical subscriber identity module (SIM) card bay and instead includes a secure element for storing the access client data;

    after authenticating the user equipment, transferring, over a second communications link, the access client data from the second entity to the user equipment, wherein the user equipment stores the access client data within the secure element;

    presenting, to a user at the user equipment, an option to select from;

    accessing a first one of the wireless services via the access client data stored in the secure element, andaccessing a second one of the wireless services via a physical SIM card inserted into a SIM card bay of an accessory device that is in communication with the user equipment; and

    accessing either the first or the second wireless service based on a selection provided by the user.

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