Methods and apparatus for SIM-based authentication of non-SIM devices
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1. A method by a server for subscriber identity module (SIM)-based authentication of a non-SIM device, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the server, an access request to access a wireless network from the non-SIM device; and
in response to the access request, enabling, by the server, the non-SIM device to access the wireless network by emulating an ability of a related SIM-enabled device to access the wireless network for the non-SIM device to a mobile SIM-operator, wherein emulating the ability of the related SIM-enabled device to access the wireless network for the non-SIM device comprises making communication between the non-SIM device and the mobile SIM-operator to access the wireless network appear as though the communication to access the wireless network was between the related SIM-enabled device and the mobile SIM-operator.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus presented herein allow a non-SIM device to access a paid Wi-Fi network by having a server emulate the non-SIM device as a related SIM-enabled device to a mobile operator. The mobile operator is led to believe that the non-SIM device is the related SIM-enabled device, and thereby grants authorization to the non-SIM device to access the paid Wi-Fi network.
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20 Claims
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1. A method by a server for subscriber identity module (SIM)-based authentication of a non-SIM device, the method comprising:
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receiving, by the server, an access request to access a wireless network from the non-SIM device; and in response to the access request, enabling, by the server, the non-SIM device to access the wireless network by emulating an ability of a related SIM-enabled device to access the wireless network for the non-SIM device to a mobile SIM-operator, wherein emulating the ability of the related SIM-enabled device to access the wireless network for the non-SIM device comprises making communication between the non-SIM device and the mobile SIM-operator to access the wireless network appear as though the communication to access the wireless network was between the related SIM-enabled device and the mobile SIM-operator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A server communicatively coupled to a wireless network, the server comprising:
a processor, coupled to a communications unit, configured to cause the server to; receive, via the communications unit, an access request to access the wireless network from a non-subscriber identity module (SIM) device; and in response to the access request, enable the non-SIM device to access the wireless network by emulating an ability of a related SIM-enabled device to access the wireless network for the non-SIM device to a mobile SIM-operator, wherein emulating the ability of the related SIM-enabled device to access the wireless network for the non-SIM device comprises making communication between the non-SIM device and the mobile SIM-operator to access the wireless network appear as though the communication to access the wireless network was between the related SIM-enabled device and the mobile SIM-operator. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method by a server to authenticate a non-subscriber identity module (SIM) device, the method comprising:
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receiving, by the server, an association between the non-SIM device and a related SIM-enabled device from another server; linking, by the server, the non-SIM device to an account associated with the related SIM-enabled device based on the received association between the non-SIM device and the related SIM-enabled device; granting, by the server, the non-SIM device access to a wireless network by communicating an access granted message to the another server in response to receiving a SIM-operator authentication message from the another server for the non-SIM device to access the wireless network; and billing, by the server, the account associated with the related SIM-enabled device for an amount of data used by the non-SIM device on the wireless network in response to receiving a SIM-operator accounting message from the another server for the non-SIM device.
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