Method and apparatus for M2M device subscription
First Claim
Patent Images
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a processor circuit; and
a machine-type communications (MTC) device setup module operative on the processor circuit to determine when a device is without a subscription to a local home public land mobile network (HPLMN) comprising an HPLMN that is local to the device but not local to an MTC subscriber of the device, the MTC device setup module operative on the processor circuit to provide a device setup interface to automatically connect the device to the MTC subscriber through the local HPLMN without a subscription, and receive a subscription to the local HPLMN from the MTC subscriber.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
An apparatus may include a processor circuit and a machine type communication (MTC) device setup module operable on the processor circuit to determine when the apparatus is provisioned with a subscription to a local network, and to provide a device setup interface to automatically connect the apparatus to a machine type communication (MTC) subscriber independently of an operator of the local network. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
19 Citations
25 Claims
-
1. An apparatus, comprising:
-
a processor circuit; and a machine-type communications (MTC) device setup module operative on the processor circuit to determine when a device is without a subscription to a local home public land mobile network (HPLMN) comprising an HPLMN that is local to the device but not local to an MTC subscriber of the device, the MTC device setup module operative on the processor circuit to provide a device setup interface to automatically connect the device to the MTC subscriber through the local HPLMN without a subscription, and receive a subscription to the local HPLMN from the MTC subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
-
-
12. A method, comprising:
-
determining that a device is not provisioned with a subscription to a local home public land mobile network (HPLMN) comprising an HPLMN that is local to the device but not local to a machine-type communications (MTC) subscriber of the device; connecting the device to the MTC subscriber through the local HPLMN via a device setup interface; receiving a subscription to the local HPLMN from the MTC subscriber via the device setup interface; and subscribing the device to the local HPLMN with the received subscription. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
-
-
17. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a plurality of instructions that, when executed, cause a system to:
-
determine when a device is without a subscription to a local home public land mobile network (HPLMN) comprising an HPLMN that is local to the device but not local to a machine-type communications (MTC) subscriber of the device; provide a device setup interface to automatically connect the device to the MTC subscriber through the local HPLMN without a subscription; and receive a subscription to the local HPLMN from the MTC subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
-
Specification