Patent ID: 9572015
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G06K,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for using a short-range wireless communication network to authenticate a mobile communication device on a cellular network, the method comprising: receiving subscriber identity information corresponding to subscriber data for the cellular network at the mobile communication device via the short-range wireless communication network, the subscriber identity information being received from a device issued by a provider of the cellular network; storing the subscriber identity information at a subscriber identity module embedded in the mobile communication device in response to receiving the subscriber identity information from the provider supplied device, the storing comprising overwriting any other subscriber identity information stored at the subscriber identity module; transmitting the subscriber identity information from the subscriber identity module to a server for authenticating a subscriber of the cellular network; receiving, from the server, an activation signal authorizing the mobile communications device on which the subscriber identity information is stored to access the cellular network in response to transmitting the subscriber identity information; and accessing the cellular network via the mobile communication device.