Method and apparatus for M2M device subscription
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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 local subscription to a local network, provide a device setup interface to automatically connect the device to an MTC subscriber through the local network without a local subscription, and receive a local subscription to the local network from the MTC subscriber, the MTC device setup module operative to receive a multiplicity of local subscriptions, one or more of the multiplicity of local subscriptions to subscribe the device to a respective local network that is outside of a local network of the MTC subscriber.
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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.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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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 local subscription to a local network, provide a device setup interface to automatically connect the device to an MTC subscriber through the local network without a local subscription, and receive a local subscription to the local network from the MTC subscriber, the MTC device setup module operative to receive a multiplicity of local subscriptions, one or more of the multiplicity of local subscriptions to subscribe the device to a respective local network that is outside of a local network of the MTC subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a system to:
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determine a device is without a local subscription to a local network; connect the device to an MTC subscriber through the local network without a local subscription with a device setup interface; identify the device to the MTC subscriber via the device setup interface; authenticate the device the MTC subscriber via the device setup interface; and receiving a multiplicity of local subscriptions from the MTC subscriber, the multiplicity of local subscriptions to include a local subscription to the local network, one or more of the multiplicity of local subscriptions to subscribe the device to a respective local network that is outside of a local network of the MTC subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method, comprising:
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determining a device is not provisioned to operate with a network; connecting the device to an MTC subscriber through the network via a device setup interface; receiving a multiplicity of local subscriptions from the MTC subscriber via the device setup interface, the MTC subscriber independent of an operator of the network, the multiplicity of local subscriptions to include a local subscription to the local network, one or more of the multiplicity of local subscriptions to subscribe the device to a respective local network that is outside of a local network of the MTC subscriber; and subscribing the device to the network with the received subscription. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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