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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2014
Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Robert L. Spanel, Overland Park, KS (US);
Robert E. Urbanek, Overland Park, KS (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A method for managing device profiles is provided. The method comprises adding at least one alternative primary profile to a memory module at an alternative address different from a main address of a main primary profile. The method further comprises modifying a pointer that points to an address in the memory module from which a profile is retrieved such that the pointer points to the alternative address. The main primary profile comprises a main device identifier and a main authentication key, and the alternative primary profile comprises an alternative device identifier and an alternative authentication key.