Patent ID: 9332079
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. In a mobile computing device, a method comprising: receiving a command to make a connection with a wireless network; determining, by a processor, if a valid subscriber identity module (SIM) card is present in the mobile computing device; retrieving network activation information from the valid SIM card module within the mobile computing device, wherein the network activation information is unique to a particular wireless carrier; storing in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of the mobile computing device carrier-specific information based on the network activation information; communicating the network activation information to an access system controlling access to the wireless network; receiving an access code from the access system in response to communicating the network activation information to the access system; and establishing access to a wireless data service for the mobile computing device using the access code from the access system.