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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2009
Gustav Gerald Vos, British Columbia, CA;
Steven Lawrence Gielty, British Columbia, CA;
Gustav Gerald Vos, British Columbia, CA;
Steven Lawrence Gielty, British Columbia, CA;
SIERRA WIRELESS, INC., Richmond, British Columbia, CA;
Abstract
The present invention provides method, apparatus and computer program product for facilitating verification of an identity module, such as associated with a UICC, operatively coupled to a terminal equipment, such as a machine-type communication device. Upon determining that the identity module is in a bonded state, one or more bonding identifiers are read from the identity module and compared with at least a predetermined portion of the terminal equipment identifier, such as an IMEI, stored in the terminal equipment. If at least one of the bonding identifiers corresponds with at least a predetermined portion of the terminal equipment identifier, the identity module and/or the terminal equipment are shifted into predetermined operating conditions. A bonding process may also be performed, whereby the identity module acquires the terminal equipment identifier of currently associated terminal equipment and stores a bonding identifier in identity module memory based thereon.