Patent ID: 8644795
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for managing access to a mobile telecommunication account, the system comprising: a code database comprising a plurality of telephone numbers, each of which is individually associated with one of a plurality of codes, each of the plurality of telephone numbers being associated with the mobile telecommunications account and a mobile device, wherein the mobile device can be associated with any of the plurality of telephone numbers at different times, based on entry of an associated code into the mobile device; a restrictions database comprising a plurality of restrictions linked to one or more of the plurality of telephone numbers in the code database, wherein one or more restrictions are applied to the mobile device based on which of the plurality of mobile telephone numbers is associated with the mobile device, the plurality of restrictions including a restriction linked to a particular mobile telephone number, wherein the mobile device can use at least some of the plurality of mobile telephone numbers in addition to the particular mobile telephone number; and a mobile telecommunications network configured and arranged to disassociate the particular telephone number from association with any other mobile device based on the mobile device being associated with the particular telephone number and to disable use of the mobile device based on the mobile device being associated with the particular telephone number and the mobile telecommunications network detecting a violation of the restriction; wherein the restrictions database is separate from the mobile device and in communication with the mobile device over the mobile telecommunications network.