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Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 03, 2018
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/24 (2018.01); H04W 8/28 (2009.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/28 (2013.01); H04M 15/50 (2013.01); H04W 4/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example operation may include one or more of receiving, by a mobile service provider, a mobile number portability request from a mobile device connected to a current mobile service provider; fetching mobile device porting data from a blockchain ledger accessible by the mobile service provider and by the current mobile service provider; verifying fetched mobile device porting data; in response to a successful verification, sending a request to the blockchain ledger to update current mobile service provider data; and receiving a notification from the blockchain indicating that a connection between the current mobile service provider and the mobile device is disconnected; porting a mobile device number; and updating the mobile device porting data in the blockchain ledger.


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