Patent ID: 8700000
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of reusing identity data of a user equipment by a peripheral device, the user equipment being connected to a communication network, said method comprising the following steps: storing, in said user equipment, a plurality of identity data items; storing, in said user equipment, a plurality of peripheral device identifiers, each of said peripheral device identifiers corresponding to a respective peripheral device authorized by a user of said user equipment to receive and reuse at least one identity data item from the plurality of identity data items stored in said user equipment; receiving from an identifier management platform, via the communication network, information that associates one or more peripheral device identifiers with one or more identity data item identifiers, each of said identity data item identifiers corresponding to a respective identity data item from the plurality of identity data items stored in said user equipment; receiving by the user equipment, from a particular peripheral device, an identifier of said particular peripheral device; comparing, by the user equipment, the peripheral device identifier received from the particular peripheral device with the plurality of peripheral device identifiers of said authorized peripheral devices stored in said user equipment; based on said comparison, determining if said particular peripheral device is authorized to receive at least one identity data item from the plurality of identity data items stored in said user equipment; if said particular peripheral device is authorized to receive at least one identity data item, selecting, by the user equipment, which identity data items from the plurality of identity data items stored in said user equipment are to be transmitted to said particular peripheral device, based on the association information received from said identifier management platform and the received identifier of the particular peripheral device; and transmitting the selected identity data items to the particular peripheral device.