Patent ID: 9549321
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of providing a subscriber identity for the provision of services on behalf of the subscriber in a virtual computing environment, the method comprising: receiving a request to establish an execution environment for a virtual machine-to-machine equipment (vM2ME); providing the vM2ME comprising software for execution in the virtual computing environment and a Machine Communication Identity Module (MCIM); setting up a Communications Module (CM) for execution in a domain of a virtualization platform, the CM providing an end-point for communications between the vM2ME and a 3GPP network; and installing the MCIM for execution together with the CM, the MCIM including a 3GPP identity of the subscriber, security data and functions for enabling access to the vM2ME via the 3GPP network.