Patent ID: 8121580
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A telephone handset, comprising: a storage support module storing an International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) associated with an operator of a communication network; a secure electronic module; a processor; a memory device including program instructions that, when executed by the processor, control the handset to: authenticate, by the secure electronic module, the storage support module; establish, in the event the secure electronic module determines that the storage support module is authentic, a secure communication channel between the storage support module and the secure electronic module by means of encryption keys stored in the secure electronic module and the storage support module that are used to encrypt the secure communication channel; transmit, via the secure communication channel, the IMEI from the storage support module to the secure electronic module; transmit the IMEI to a mobile telephone operator by means of a secure OTA channel; and enable, by the secure electronic module, the handset to access the communication network.