Patent ID: 9603006
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of managing identities for use in a mobile telecommunications device in a telecommunications network, the method comprising: triggering an identity management process in a subscriber identity module of the mobile telecommunications device connected to a mobile telecommunications network, wherein each step of the identity management process is performed within the subscriber identity module; detecting at the mobile telecommunications device one or more parameters associated with the mobile telecommunications device; in the identity management process performed within the subscriber identity module, selecting an identity management rule determined by the one or more parameters detected; in the identity management process performed within the subscriber identity module, searching an identity database in the mobile telecommunications device wherein each record comprises an identity stored in the subscriber identity module and additional identity information including an MCC and MNC for each identity, wherein the searching prioritises records according to the identity management rule; in the identity management process performed within the subscriber identity module, selecting an identity when a record conforming to the identity management rule is found in said searching, wherein selecting an identity comprises matching of some or all of an MCC or an MNC value and then selecting a pooling mechanism, the pooling mechanism being used to provide an appropriate IMSI; and in the identity management process performed within the subscriber identity module, modifying an active identity of the mobile telecommunications device to be the selected identity when the active identity is not already the selected identity.