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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:
Sep. 03, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 29, 2021
Applicant:

Aeris Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Drew S. Johnson, San Jose, CA (US);

Robert B. Fultz, Boulder Creek, CA (US);

Steven A. Millstein, Dallas, TX (US);

Dae Seong Kim, Campbell, CA (US);

John Molise, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Assignee:

Aeris Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 15/00 (2024.01); H04L 12/14 (2024.01); H04W 4/24 (2024.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 15/7652 (2013.01); H04L 12/1457 (2013.01); H04L 12/1471 (2013.01); H04M 15/60 (2013.01); H04M 15/745 (2013.01); H04M 15/765 (2013.01); H04W 4/24 (2013.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.02); H04W 4/90 (2018.02);
Abstract

A method and system are disclosed for connecting a device to subscriptions and cellular billing plans of separate users and for managing the concurrent use of the device by the separate users. A computer-implemented method comprises enrolling a device in a cellular subscription and billing plan of a user. The enrollment includes providing an identifier for the device to a cellular subscription, effectively adding the device to the cellular subscription and billing plan selected by the user. The method and system allows the user to use capabilities of the device as governed by the cellular subscription and an associated billing plan as selected by that user, while the device is also available for use by another user via another cellular billing plan, as selected by that user.


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