Patent ID: 7274950
Filing Date: 2007-09-25
Classification: G06Q,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of remotely associating a wireless communications device with subscriber identities, comprising: receiving a first request from a controller which is remote to a first subscriber identity module and remote to the wireless communications device, wherein the first subscriber identity module is physically present at a subscriber identity module bank which is located at a fixed location remote to the wireless communications device; after receiving the first request, determining the first subscriber identity module encoding an irretrievable and un-modifiable subscriber identifier and capable of providing a first set of subscriber identity information corresponding to the first request; automatically providing the first set of subscriber identity information from the first subscriber identity module physically present at the subscriber identity module bank to the wireless communications device over a communications path different from a communications path used by the wireless communications device for communications with a destination device where the wireless communications device is remote from the first subscriber identity module physically present at the subscriber identity module bank; and determining whether the received first request includes a sufficient indication of authorization before automatically providing the first set of subscriber identity information; and wherein the wireless telecommunications device includes a mobile phone having a subscriber identification module interface, and wherein providing a unique set of subscriber identity information from the requested one of the subscriber identity modules includes providing a unique set of subscriber identity information to the subscriber identification interface of the mobile phone via at least one universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter that is remote from the mobile phone.