Methods, systems, and devices for migrating a ghost software application over a network with subscriber identity module (sim) authentication

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving first user-generated input, over a communication network, from a communication device that indicates a request to provision a ghost software application on the communication device, and provisioning, over the communication network, an anchor software application on a subscriber identity module (SIM) associated with the ghost software application. Further embodiments can include receiving second user-generated input, over the communication network, from the communication device that indicates request to utilize the ghost software application, and identifying the anchor software application provisioned on the SIM of the communication device resulting in an identification. Additional embodiments can include provisioning, over the communication network, the ghost software application onto the communication network based on the identification, and removing the ghost software application from a server/database/device in which it was previously stored. Other embodiments are disclosed.