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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. 19, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 14, 2019
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventor:

David Midkiff, Kirkland, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 8/20 (2009.01); H04W 12/04 (2009.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01); H04W 60/04 (2009.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04W 48/14 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 76/12 (2018.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/205 (2013.01); H04M 1/72583 (2013.01); H04M 15/61 (2013.01); H04W 12/04 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 48/14 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 60/04 (2013.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02); H04W 76/12 (2018.02); H04M 2203/6063 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for facilitating, at a system including at least one processor, establishment of a communication session with a device coupled to a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) by way of network equipment of a default Mobile Network Operator (MNO), receiving, at the system, information descriptive of an MNO selection, selecting, at the system, from a database of credentials of a plurality of MNOs first credential information according to the received information, wherein the first credential information is associated with a first MNO of the plurality of MNOs, and transmitting, from the system, the first credential information to the UICC over the communication session by way of the device to cause the UICC to facilitate establishment of communications with network equipment of the first MNO according to the first credential information. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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