Method and system of migrating profiles in telecommunications devices

Abstract

A method of migrating a user profile from a first device to a second device. Firstly, a request is made () for migrating a user profile () located in the first device () to the second device (). Next, the information forming said user profile () and an access policy () to said user profile is retrieved (). The request and the retrieval steps are mediated by a profile manager (). This profile manager () then sends, to a server (), said information forming said user profile () and said access policy (). The server () stores () said information forming the user profile () in a first database () and said access policy () in a second database (), the server () comprising a profile manager database () wherein a plurality of profile managers are stored. One of the stored profile managers is a copy of said profile manager () located within said first device (). A further request () is made for sending from said server () to the second device () said user profile (), said user policy () and said profile manager () located in said respective databases (). The server () then sends (), to said second device (), at least a reduced version of said profile manager which is compatible with the second device ().