Patent ID: 9069939
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: associating an international mobile subscriber identity with a mobile device, the international mobile subscriber identity configured to identify the mobile device to a mobile telephone network; and locking a license to the international mobile subscriber identity such that a software program cannot be operated on the mobile device without the international mobile subscriber identity being associated with the mobile device, wherein the license includes an expiration; wherein the license and the international mobile subscriber identity are stored on at least one removable memory medium associated with the mobile device, wherein the at least one removable memory medium comprises at least one of a removable memory card or a subscriber identity module configured to enable removal of the at least one removable memory medium storing the license locked to the international mobile subscriber identity to enable operation at another mobile device, and wherein the software program is allowed to operate on the mobile device, or the other mobile device if the license is ascertained as valid and not allowed to operate on the mobile device if the license is ascertained as invalid.