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Mobile communication device profound identity brokering framework

  • US 9,949,304 B1
  • Filed: 11/30/2016
  • Issued: 04/17/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of establishing a wireless communication link by a mobile communication device, comprising:

  • receiving a first wireless communication identity from a first server via a wireless identity broker and storing the first wireless communication identity in a first sub-partition of a non-transitory memory of the mobile communication device, wherein the first wireless communication identity comprises a first network access identity associated with a first country, a first list of wireless communication systems to which the mobile communication device is authorized to attach, and a first rule set for prioritizing among the wireless communication systems identified in the first list, and wherein the wireless identity broker mediates transport of the first wireless communication identity to the non-transitory memory;

    receiving a second wireless communication identity from a second server via the wireless identity broker and storing the second wireless communication identity in a second sub-partition of the non-transitory memory, wherein the second wireless communication identity comprises a second network access identity associated with a second country, a second list of wireless communication systems to which the mobile communication device is authorized to attach, and a second rule set for prioritizing among the wireless communication systems identified in the second list, wherein at least the first network access identity is different from the second network access identity, and wherein the wireless identity broker mediates transport of the second wireless communication identity to the non-transitory memory;

    determining, by an application stored in the non-transitory memory and executable by a processor of the mobile communication device, a country in which the mobile communication device is located; and

    based on the country, one of;

    deactivating, by the application, the first wireless communication identity in the first sub-partition and activating, by the application, the second wireless communication identity in the second sub-partition, ordeactivating, by the application, the second wireless communication identity in the second sub-partition and activating, by the application the first wireless communication identity in the first sub-partition, wherein the first sub-partition of the non-transitory memory is accessed based on a first sub-key and the second sub-partition of the non-transitory memory is accessed based on a second sub-key, and wherein the mobile communication device establishes a wireless communication link based on an active wireless communication identity and only a single wireless communication identity is active on the mobile communication device at one time.

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