Patent ID: 11924637
Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A subscriber user equipment for automatically authenticating the subscriber user equipment with a retail store associated with a telecommunications service provider, wherein the subscriber user equipment comprises:
a user equipment server application programming interface (API);
a non-transitory memory configured to store instructions; and
a processor coupled to memory and configured to execute the instructions, which cause the processor to be configured to:
log in to a subscription account application installed on the subscriber user equipment using subscriber credentials, wherein the subscriber credentials are pre-registered with the telecommunications service provider associated with the retail store;
determine, by the subscription account application, that the subscriber user equipment is located within a coverage area associated with the retail store after logging in to the subscription account application; and
transmit, using the user equipment server API, to a server in a core network associated with the telecommunications service provider, an authentication message indicating an identity of a subscriber using the subscriber user equipment and indicating that the subscriber is pre-registered with the telecommunications service provider, wherein the server transmits, to a mobile expert user equipment in the retail store, at least one of subscriber data describing the subscriber, an indication that the subscriber is authenticated, an instruction to add the subscriber to a service queue of the retail store, or a subscriber specific prompt.