Patent ID: 11910198
Assignee: TATA COMMUNICATIONS (AMERICA) INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
a mobile device having a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM);
a Mobile Network Operator (MNO) computer;
a computer associated with an owner of the mobile device;
wherein the SIM is configured, in response to a first use of the mobile device, to securely transmit to the MNO computer information associating the SIM with the mobile device to form an association therebetween;
wherein the MNO computer is configured to record the information associating the SIM with the mobile device with the computer associated with the owner of the mobile device;
wherein the computer associated with the owner of the mobile device is configured to verify the association between the SIM and the mobile device before permitting certain attempted communications purportedly from the mobile device to the computer associated with the owner of the mobile device;
wherein the SIM is further configured to securely transmit the information associating the SIM with the mobile device using a first set of keys provided with the SIM; and
wherein the computer associated with the owner of the mobile device is further configured to send a second set of keys in response to receiving the information associating the SIM with the mobile device, the second set of keys enabling data communication between an application running on the mobile device and the computer associated with the owner of the mobile device.