Patent ID: 9603000
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method for managing the automatic provision of a subscriber network identifier from a central network server to a subscribed communication device, the method comprising: receiving notification at the central server relating to a change in the current location for the subscribed device; determining from the notification whether a new subscriber network identifier is to be provisioned from the central server; selecting a subscriber network identifier on the basis of the current location, if the determining step has determined that a new subscriber network identifier is to be provisioned; and outputting the selected subscriber network identifier for transmission to the subscribed device wherein the receiving step comprises receiving a notification from an HLR scanner, the HLR scanner being arranged to scan Home Location Register (HLR) log files to detect a location update message received by a Home Location Register (HLR) to which the subscribed device is subscribed, the location update message corresponding to the change in current location of the subscribed device.