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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2020
Tracfone Wireless, Inc., Miami, FL (US);
Theodore Vagelos, Miami, FL (US);
Tracfone Wireless, Inc., Miami, FL (US);
Abstract
The disclosure is directed to a device configured to implement a SIM lock to control network access associated with a wireless device. The device including a processor configured to interrogate a host wireless device and obtain a host wireless device identification from the host wireless device. The processor further configured to retrieve from a memory a stored wireless device identification, determine if a host wireless device identification matches the stored wireless device identification, prevent access of the host wireless device to network wireless services if the host wireless device identification does not match the stored wireless device identification, and enable access of the host wireless device to network wireless services if the host wireless device identification matches the stored wireless device identification. An associated process is also disclosed.