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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
May. 06, 2020
Applicants:
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
At&t Mobility Ii Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Walter Cooper Chastain, Atlanta, GA (US);
Stephen Emille Chin, Marietta, GA (US);
Assignees:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 60/04 (2009.01); H04L 101/654 (2022.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04L 61/5076 (2022.01); H04W 12/04 (2021.01); H04W 8/26 (2009.01); H04L 61/4588 (2022.01); H04W 8/24 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 60/04 (2013.01); H04L 61/2076 (2013.01); H04L 61/6054 (2013.01); H04W 8/26 (2013.01); H04W 12/04 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04L 61/1588 (2013.01); H04Q 2213/13531 (2013.01); H04W 8/245 (2013.01);
Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that registers a communication device with a temporary IMSI shared among multiple communication devices with a virtual registration function. Further, the system provisions an active IMSI using a virtual Over-the-Air (OTA) function onto the communication device and indicates to the communication device to register with a registration function using the active IMSI. Other embodiments are disclosed.