Patent ID: 9497632
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for pairing a mobile communications device card located within a mobile device with the mobile device, comprising the steps of: downloading a mobile device profile from the mobile device to the mobile communications device card inserted within the mobile device responsive to an activation of the mobile device, the mobile device profile indicating a service provider associated with the mobile device and a first identifier; retrieving the first identifier from the mobile device profile; comparing the first identifier associated with the mobile device with a second identifier associated with the mobile communications device card at the mobile communications device card; authorizing by the mobile communications device card an operation of combining of the mobile communications device card and the mobile device responsive to the comparison determining the first and second identifiers match; determining by the mobile communications device card if the mobile device has Bearer Independent Protocol (BIP) capability responsive to the mobile device profile; performing an over the air inquiry initiated by the mobile communications device card to a network providing wireless services to the mobile device to request an approval of an association of the mobile communications device card with the mobile device responsive to the comparison determining the first and second identifiers do not match if the mobile device has BIP capacity; storing by the mobile communications device card the first identifier as the second identifier for the mobile communications device card responsive to the approval of the association of the mobile communications device card with the mobile device from the network providing wireless services to the mobile device; determining by the mobile communications device card if the mobile device profile is associated with a same service provider that is identified by the mobile communications device card responsive to a determination the mobile device does not have BIP capacity or responsive to a disapproval of the association of the mobile communications device card with the mobile device from the network providing wireless services to the mobile device; and disabling by the mobile communications device card operation of a user interface associated with the mobile device responsive to a determination that the mobile device is not associated with the same service provider as the mobile communications device card.