Patent ID: 8516133
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A credentialing server configured to support downloading of subscription credentials to un-credentialed communication devices, said credentialing server comprising: a registration subsystem configured to register un-credentialed communication devices with an external registration server by providing registration information for the communication devices to the registration server; an authentication subsystem to interrogate registered communication devices for their device certificates and to submit the device certificates to an external authentication server for verification, said registered communication devices being referred to the credentialing server by the registration server; and a credentialing subsystem to request subscription credentials from an operator credentialing entity for verified communication devices, refer the verified communication devices to an external provisioning server for subscription credentials provisioning, and transfer the subscription credentials to the provisioning server for subscription credentials provisioning of the verified communication devices.