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Methods and apparatus for SIM-based authentication of non-SIM devices

  • US 9,980,142 B2
  • Filed: 03/22/2016
  • Issued: 05/22/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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