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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2014
Giesecke & Devrient Gmbh, München, DE;
Volker Gerstenberger, Erding, DE;
Andreas Morawietz, München, DE;
Nils Nitsch, Markt Schwaben, DE;
Olaf Schneider, München, DE;
Tom Weber, Buchloe, DE;
GIESECKE+DEVRIENT MOBILE SECURITY GMBH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method comprises the following steps: supplying the subscription on the security element of the user's mobile end device, with the subscription being held available on a background system by a service or product provider as one subscription of a plurality of subscriptions and enabling communication over a mobile radio network; and accessing the mobile radio network by the security element by means of the subscription supplied on the security element. While the security element accessing the mobile radio network the position of the mobile end device is determined at time intervals in order to check whether the position of the mobile end device falls within a predefined range of allowed positions and, if the established position of the mobile end device does not fall within the predefined range of allowed positions, the access of the security element to the mobile radio network is interrupted.