Patent ID: 9398458
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing communication services to a device loser via a donor device of a device lender, after a mobile device of the device loser is lost or stolen, the method comprising: a system server providing the functions of a Visitor Location Register (VLR) in a telecommunications network; the system server authenticating the device loser using authentication credentials comprising one or more of a Mobile Subscriber Integrated Digital Network (MSISDN) number of the user, an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) of the lost or stolen device and a secret key of the device loser; the system server making an association, between the MSISDN and IMSI of the device loser and the MSISDN and IMSI belonging to the device lender, using the donor device; and the system server interacting with the Home Location Register (HLR), Visitor Location Register (VLR), Mobile Switching Center (MSC), Gateway MSC (GMSC), and a Short Message Service Center (SMSC) of an operator's network such that the device loser may successfully utilize communication services on the donor device.