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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 8/20 (2009.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04L 63/0853 (2013.01); H04L 63/107 (2013.01); H04W 8/18 (2013.01); H04W 8/205 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device with a network subscription is provided. The device comprises an embedded secure element including a subscription identification code for identifying the subscriber, a unique public first device identification code and a unique second device identification code linked to the first code. The embedded secure element is one of a physical and virtual secure element, and the second device identification code can be read with external reader equipment when the device is disconnected from the network. Methods of transferring a network subscription and identifying an electronic device are also provided.