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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
May. 27, 2011
Toshikane Oda, Tokyo, JP;
Johan Hjelm, Tokyo, JP;
Ryoji Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Shingo Murakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinta Sugimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshikane Oda, Tokyo, JP;
Johan Hjelm, Tokyo, JP;
Ryoji Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Shingo Murakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinta Sugimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
There is provided an apparatus () for managing assignment of subscription modules () for a group () of communication devices (-). The apparatus includes a receiving unit () configured to receive a request for assigning a subscription module to a target communication device () so that the target communication device can attach to a network managed by a network () operator; and a control unit () configured to identify a group which includes the target communication device, determine whether the number of subscription modules which are assigned to the communication devices in the identified group reaches the upper bound, and when the number of the subscription modules does not reach the upper bound, assign a subscription module to the target communication device.