Patent ID: 11895505
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. A communication system comprising a first device, a second device and a server, wherein the second device is communicatively coupled with the first device, and the second device having a communication number; and, wherein
the second device comprising a second means for:
sending a request for allocating a virtual subscriber identity for the first device to the server; and
sending a data package to the first device via a short range communications connection, wherein the data package comprises first information associated with the virtual subscriber identity corresponding to the communication number;

the first device comprising a first means for:
receiving the data package from the second device via the short range communications connection;
obtaining the virtual subscriber identity according to the first information in the received data package; and
accessing a network via the virtual subscriber identity; and

the server comprising a server means for:
allocating the virtual subscriber identity for the first device;
establishing a charge association between the virtual subscriber identity of the first device and the communication number of the second device; and
adding a first charge generated by the virtual subscriber identity to a second charge associated with the communication number of the second device according to the charge association when the first device accesses the network via the virtual subscriber identity.