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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2012
Shoaib S. Khan, Miami, FL (US);
Khurram Humayun Chawdhry, Miami, FL (US);
Ovidio Mejia, Miami, FL (US);
Shoaib S. Khan, Miami, FL (US);
Khurram Humayun Chawdhry, Miami, FL (US);
Ovidio Mejia, Miami, FL (US);
TracFone Wireless, Inc., Miami, FL (US);
Abstract
A wireless device and a process of authorizing a wireless device are disclosed. The process includes storing a list of authorized terminals within a memory accessible by a wireless device. The process further includes comparing the list of authorized terminals in the memory to at least one of terminal profile data and an IMEI of the wireless device and allowing network access if at least one of the terminal profile data and the IMEI are found on the list of authorized terminals and limiting network access if at least one of the terminal profile data and the IMEI are not found on the list of authorized terminals.