Patent ID: 9027101
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of confirming a request to change a provider of a service for an electronic device, the method comprising, by a third party manager device: receiving from a requesting entity a request for a record of a subscriber's consent to switch receipt of a service from a first operator to a second operator; in response to the request, sending an electronic device of the subscriber a challenge to provide an authentication credential, wherein the challenge comprises an identifier of the subscriber, an identifier of the first operator, an identifier of the second operator, or identifiers of both the first and second operator; receiving a challenge response from the subscriber's electronic device, wherein the challenge response comprises the identifier of the subscriber, the requested authentication credential, the identifier of the first operator, the identifier of the second operator, and an identifier of the subscriber's electronic device; verifying the authentication credential; creating a user consent token that comprises the identifier of the subscriber, the identifier of the first operator, the identifier of the second operator, the identifier of the subscriber's electronic device, and a certificate for receivers of the token to verify validity of the token; and sending the user consent token to the requesting entity.