System for binding multiple SIM cards to an electronic device

• US 9,520,911 B2
• Filed: 12/23/2014
• Issued: 12/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank NA (Wells Fargo & Company)
• Original Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank NA (Wells Fargo & Company)
• Inventors: Selvaraj, Elenchezhean, Suen, Darrell L., Su-Shin Kao, Melody, Kotamraju, Sridhar
• Primary Examiner(s): GESESSE, TILAHUN
• Application Number:
  US14/581,166
• Publication Number:
  US 20160182110A1
• Time in Patent Office: 721 Days
• Field of Search: 455/556.2, 455/557, 455/558.559
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3816 Mechanical arrangements for accommodating identification devices, e.g. cards or chips; with connectors for programming identification devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/35 Protecting application or service provisioning, e.g. securing SIM application provisioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/45 using multiple identity modules
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/48 using secure binding, e.g. securely binding identity modules to devices, services or applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with multi SIM card device binding are described herein. According to one embodiment, a system includes an authentication logic configured to enable communication between an entity and a user. The user is associated with a user profile. The system further includes a carrier logic configured to identify a subscriber identity module (SIM) card of a carrier. The carrier logic also requests carrier data associated with the SIM card from the carrier. An update logic is configured to update the user profile with the carrier data.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

an electronic device configured to receive at least one subscriber identity module (SIM) card;

authentication logic configured to enable communication between an authenticating entity and the electronic device, wherein a user is associated with a user profile residing with the authenticating entity, and wherein the authenticating entity communicates with the user when the user is authenticated;

carrier logic configured to;

(i) identify a plurality of SIM cards of the electronic device, wherein the plurality of SIM cards are associated with a carrier; and

(ii) request carrier data associated with the plurality of SIM cards from the carrier; and

update logic configured to update the user profile at the authenticating entity with the carrier data associated with the plurality of SIM cards such that the user profile is linked to the carrier data and the SIM cards;

a verification logic configured to verify that the electronic device is an original device and that the plurality of SIM cards are being used in the original device wherein the authenticating entity communicates with the user when the electronic device is verified,

wherein the authentication logic, carrier logic, update logic, and verification logic are implemented in hardware.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the authentication logic is further configured to confirm an identity of the user.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the authentication logic is configured to confirm the identity of the user using one time password or personal data.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the update logic is configured to bind the electronic device associated with the user to the plurality of SIM cards.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the carrier data includes identifying information about the user.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the verification logic is configured to query the carrier to determine that the carrier data contains a swap indicator, and wherein the swap indicator indicates that the plurality of SIM cards are being used in the original electronic device.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the swap indicator is associated with a record of activity between the electronic device and the plurality of SIM cards.

8. A method, comprising:

providing a user electronic device associated with a user and configured to receive at least one subscriber identity module (SIM) card;

enabling communication between an authenticating entity and the user electronic device, wherein the user electronic device is associated with a user profile residing at the authenticating entity and wherein the authenticating entity communicates with the user when the user is authenticated;

identifying a first SIM card of the user electronic device, wherein the first SIM card is associated with a carrier;

requesting carrier data associated with the first SIM card from the carrier;

updating the user profile with the carrier data associated with the first SIM card;

binding the first SIM card to the user electronic device;

identifying a second SIM card of the user electronic device, wherein the second SIM card is associated with the carrier;

requesting carrier data associated with the second SIM card from the carrier;

binding the second SIM card to the user electronic device; and

verifying that the user electronic device is an original user electronic device and that the first SIM card and the second SIM is being used in the original user electronic device, wherein the authenticating entity communicates with the user when the user electronic device is verified,

wherein the steps of the method are performed by an authentication logic, a carrier logic, an update logic, and a verification logic that are implemented in hardware.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising confirming the identity of the user based, at least in part, on a one time password or personal data.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the carrier data includes identifying information about the user.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising querying the carrier to determine that the carrier data contains a swap indicator, wherein the swap indicator indicates that the user electronic device is an original user electronic device and that the first SIM card and the second SIM card is being used in the original user electronic device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the swap indicator is associated with a record of activity between the user electronic device and the first or second SIM card.

13. A system, comprising:

a user electronic device configured to receive at least one subscriber identity module (SIM) card;

authentication logic configured to enable communication between an authenticating entity and the user electronic device, wherein a user of the user electronic device is associated with a user profile residing at the authenticating entity, and wherein the authenticating entity communicates with the user when the user is authenticated;

carrier logic configured to;

(i) identify a first user SIM card of the user electronic device and a second user SIM card of the user electronic device, wherein the first user SIM card and the second user SIM card are associated with at least one carrier; and

(ii) request carrier data associated with the first user SIM card and the second user SIM card from the at least one carrier;

update logic configured to update the user profile with the carrier data associated with the first user SIM card and carrier data associated with the second user SIM card; and

verification logic configured to verify that the user electronic device is an original user electronic device and that the user SIM card is being used in the original user electronic device, wherein the authenticating entity communicates with the user when the electronic device is verified,

wherein the authentication logic, carrier logic, update logic, and verification logic are implemented in hardware.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the update logic is configured to bind the user electronic device to the first user SIM card and the second user SIM card.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the verification logic is configured to query the carrier to determine that the carrier data contains a swap indicator, and wherein the swap indicator indicates that the first user SIM card or the second user SIM card is being used in the original user electronic device.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the swap indicator is associated with a record of activity between the user electronic device and the first user SIM card or the second user SIM card.