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Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 18, 2013
Applicants:

Sony Corporation, Minato-ku, JP;

Sony Europe Limited, Surrey, GB;

Inventor:

Stefan Lodeweyckx, Herent, BE;

Assignees:

SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

SONY EUROPE LIMITED, Surrey, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/22 (2009.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/22 (2013.01); H04L 63/0853 (2013.01); H04W 8/18 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A mobile data communications device includes: a reconfigurable user identification module operable to store at least a current primary mobile identity, the mobile device being operable to provide mobile data communication via a mobile network subject to the primary mobile identity being authorized with the mobile network; and a detector to detect the user identity of a current user of the mobile device; the mobile device being operable to access a mobile identity database which provides a mobile identity to the reconfigurable user identification module for use as the primary mobile identity, in response to the detected user identity of the current user of the mobile device.


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