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System and method for selectively provisioning telecommunications services between an access point and a telecommunications network using a subscriber identifier

  • US 8,885,635 B2
  • Filed: 07/17/2008
  • Issued: 11/11/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wireless local area network (WLAN) access point configured for facilitating IP-based communications with a telecommunications system, the access point comprising:

  • an antenna;

    a WLAN radio connected to the antenna and configured to provide WLAN connectivity;

    a network connection component configured to communicate with an IP-based network and connected to transmit and receive data received from WLAN radio;

    a telephone connector component configured to accept a wired connection with a landline telephone;

    an identification module socket configured to accept an identification module,wherein the identification module includes a tamper-resistant memory, andwherein the tamper-resistant memory has stored therein a subscriber identifier, andwherein the subscriber identifier is neither a Medium Access Control (MAC) address nor an electronic serial number (ESN);

    at least one detection component connected to the telephone connector component and configured to detect if an identification module is present in the identification module socket and if a landline telephone is connected to the telephone connector component; and

    a connection manager configured to selectively provision telecommunications services between the telephone connector component and the IP-based network in response to the detection component detecting that the identification module socket contains an identification module and that the telephone connector component is connected to a landline telephone,wherein the telecommunications services are not provided if the detection component does not detect an identification module in the identification module socket, and does not detect a landline telephone connected to the telephone connector component,wherein provisioning comprises;

    registering with a cellular telephone carrier network, providing user-specific information to the cellular telephone carrier network,wherein at least some of the user-specific information is provided through out-of-band communications, andreceiving a resource allocation from the cellular telephone carrier network.

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