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Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019

Filed:

Apr. 28, 2015
Applicant:

Telecom Italia S.p.a., Milan, IT;

Inventors:

Fabio Ricciato, Turin, IT;

Nicolo Vaccaro, Turin, IT;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 8/20 (2009.01); H04W 60/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/183 (2013.01); H04W 8/205 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 60/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for authenticating a user of a user equipment provided with a mobile cellular network card module in a public wireless network. The method includes, during an authentication procedure following an attempt by the user to access the public wireless network with the user equipment for availing of services provided by the public wireless network: retrieving from the mobile cellular network card module a code that uniquely identifies such mobile cellular network card module; retrieving from a database wireless credentials of the user associated with said retrieved code that uniquely identifies such mobile cellular network card module; providing said retrieved wireless credentials of the user to the public wireless network; and granting the user access to the public wireless network conditioned to the correctness of the provided wireless credentials.


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