Patent ID: 9628275
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for establishing communications on one communication device using the subscriber identity data of another communication device, the method comprising: establishing a contactless short-range communication connection between a first mobile wireless communications device and a second mobile wireless communications device; receiving, by the second mobile wireless communications device, subscriber identity data and a shared secret from the first mobile wireless communications device, wherein the subscriber identity data is received in encrypted form; receiving, on the second mobile wireless communications device, input via an input device; determining, on the second mobile wireless communications device, whether the received input matches the shared secret; decrypting, on the second mobile wireless communications device, the subscriber identity data using the shared secret; and establishing, by the second mobile wireless communications device, a wireless voice and/or data communication session using the decrypted subscriber identity data.