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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 03, 2017
Applicant:

At&t Mobility Ii Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

David A. Christopher, Atlanta, GA (US);

Dana Tardelli, Atlanta, GA (US);

Assignee:

AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/20 (2009.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 4/50 (2018.01); H04W 12/04 (2009.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/183 (2013.01); H04M 1/72583 (2013.01); H04W 4/50 (2018.02); H04W 8/205 (2013.01); H04W 12/04 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 4/70 (2018.02); H04W 84/042 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01); H04W 88/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for detecting, by a first device including a least one processor and a first Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC), a second device having a second UICC, detecting, by the first device, that the second UICC is unprovisioned, selecting, by the first device, one of a plurality of selectable options, where the selection identifies a first network operator selected from a plurality of network operators, receiving, by the first device, first credential information of the first network operator, and transmitting, by the first device, to the second device the first credential information for enabling the second device to facilitate establishment of communication services with network equipment of the first network operator according to the first credential information. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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