Patent ID: 9706335
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A pairing server, pairing a first cellular device with a second cellular device, comprising: an Input/output (IO) interface, configured to receive a second device identifier of the second cellular device and a first IMSI of the first cellular device; and a controller, configured to associate the first cellular device with the second cellular device after receiving the second device identifier of the second cellular device and a first IMSI of the first cellular device, wherein the IO interface is configured to receive a pairing request message containing the second device identifier and the first IMSI from the second cellular device and a pairing registration message containing only the first IMSI from the first cellular device; and when the first IMSIs in the pairing request message and the pairing registration message match each other, the controller is configured to associate the second device identifier with the first IMSI.