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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:
Jun. 30, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 31, 2013
Applicant:

Vodafone Group Plc, Newbury, GB;

Inventors:

Richard Gumbrell, Newbury, GB;

Graeme Sandieson, Newbury, GB;

Greg Reeve, Newbury, GB;

Tony Smith, Deveon, GB;

Yakeen Prabdial, Newbury, GB;

Assignee:

VODAFONE GROUP PLC, Newbury, Berkshire, GB;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 8/26 (2009.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/005 (2013.01); H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04W 8/26 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A cellular telecommunications network that facilitates communication connections for terminals having identification modules that are not associated with a subscriber record or Mobile Subscriber Integrated Services Digital Network (MSISDN). The cellular telecommunications network implements providing a pool of unique connection numbers; in response to a request for communication with a device incorporating a token identification module, assigning a selected one of the pooled numbers to the token identification module in a location register; and initiating a reconnection event, thereby providing the assigned number to the device by associating the device with a temporary unique connection number in the location register. Embodiments described are directed to Machine-to-Machine (M2M) client terminals with embedded token identification modules.


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