Patent ID: 9615250
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A cellular device comprising: a card comprising storage that stores a provisioning profile comprising a shared International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) and a shared secure key, wherein the shared IMSI and the shared secure key are also stored by an MNO apparatus operated by a Mobile Network Operator (MNO) to service a cellular network provided by the MNO, the card further comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor of the cellular device or the card, dynamically generate, and store to the storage, the shared IMSI and the shared secure key; the provisioning profile in the card, including the shared IMSI and the shared secure key, having been assigned to a plurality of other cards to enable other cellular devices comprising the respective cards to complete an authentication procedure via the cellular network with the MNO apparatus using the same shared IMSI and the same shared secure key, wherein the authentication procedure is compliant with a standard cellular communication protocol; a radio configured to connect to cellular networks; and the storage storing additional instructions that, when the cellular device is operating, are executed by the processor to cause the processor to use the shared IMSI and the shared secure key to perform the authentication procedure with the MNO apparatus to establish a channel, via the radio, with the cellular network.