Patent ID: 9112865
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system including a device of a plurality of devices and a network node for connecting the device to at least one communications network, the device comprising a processor and a memory having instructions for execution by the processor to: cause a transmitter to transmit an access attempt to the network node, indicate an identification of the device to the network node, the network node including a processor and a memory having instructions for execution by the processor to: cause a receiver to receive the access attempt from the device, determine the identification of the device, access a first database maintained by vendor of the device, said first database including for each device of the plurality of devices an identification of at least one subscription to a communications network associated therewith, determine from the first database the identification of a subscription to a communications network associated with the device, access a second database maintained by network operator of the device, said second database including a plurality of records for a plurality of subscriptions respectively, each one of the plurality of records for a subscription including a relationship between the subscription and an identification of at least one device associated therewith, determine whether the subscription identified from the first database is present in the second database and whether that subscription is associated with the device in the second database, and connect the device to the communications network if the processor determines that the identified subscription to the communications network from the first database is present in the second database and is associated with the device in the second database, and prevent the device from connecting to the communications network if the device has been determined not to have an association identified subscription in the first database or that the identified subscription to the communications network does not have the device associated therewith in the second database, wherein the system further includes a plurality of second databases each associated with one of a plurality of network operators, and wherein the network node processor is configured to: determine the network operator associated with the subscription identified as associated with the device from the first database, select the second database associated with the determined network operator from the plurality of second databases, and access the second database associated with the determined network operator.