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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2014
At&t Intellectual Property I, Lp, Atlanta, GA (US);
At&t Mobility Ii Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Patrick McCanna, Carnation, WA (US);
Inderpreet Singh Ahluwalia, Austin, TX (US);
John Crockett, Liberty Hill, TX (US);
David Harber, Austin, TX (US);
Aubryn Lewis, Sammamish, WA (US);
Liane F Rulifson, Seattle, WA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, storing, by a universal integrated circuit card including at least one processor, a digital root certificate locking a communication device to a network provider, and disabling an activation of the communication device responsive to receiving an indication of a revocation of the stored digital root certificate from a certificate authority, wherein the indication of the revocation of the stored digital root certificate is associated with a revocation of permission for an identity authority to issue a security activation information to the communication device on behalf of the network provide. Other embodiments are disclosed.