Patent ID: 9544760
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for activating a terminal comprising a memory module initially containing a temporary identification data item prior to the terminal being connected to a network using said memory module, said temporary identification data item being a one-time use identification data item destined to be used for a first connection ever of the terminal to a network using said memory module, said temporary identification data item being further stored in a central database within a first network, said central database containing, for said temporary identification data item, predetermined identification data items each associated with a predetermined network among a plurality of networks, wherein said method comprises the following acts performed by a computing entity in the first network: following a first ever connection of the terminal to a network using said memory module, wherein the terminal connects to the first network through a second network connected to the first network via an interworking gateway, a first step of the computing entity authenticating the memory module with the central database by using the temporary identification data item, a second step of the computing entity determining a new identification data item for the memory module by selecting the predetermined identification data item of the central database corresponding to the second network based on information identifying the second network which are sent to the central database during said first ever connection, and a first transmission step of the computing entity transmitting this new identification data item to the memory module in order to store this new identification data item in the memory module.