Patent ID: 7379754
Filing Date: 2008-05-27
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for managing phone numbers attribution after replacement of a first portable object by a second portable object, the first portable object being coupled to a communication device arranged to communicate with a network, the first portable object comprising a first identification data identifying a first phone number, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a first sending step, in which the communication device sends to an application server a message including a second identification data identifying a second phone number assigned to the second portable object, wherein before the first sending step, the application server sends a secure message for deleting, in the first portable object, the first identification data; an inserting step, in which the second portable object is inserted in the communication device, the second portable object comprising a second identification data identifying the second phone number; and a second sending step, in which an application server sends a message for replacing, in the second portable object, the second identification data by the first identification data attached to the first phone number.