Patent ID: 8634425
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for sharing available services between multiple service profiles for a device comprising: providing, by a processor, a first service profile and a second service profile for the device in a session initiation protocol based network, wherein the first service profile is associated with a first set of services and the second service profile is associated with a second set of services, wherein a service of the first set of services is not available in the second set of services, wherein the first service profile comprises a default profile that is registered automatically; receiving, via the processor, a registration of the device with the second service profile over the session initiation protocol based network; authenticating the device with an access network using a subscriber identity module; and providing, via the processor, the service from the first set of services that is not available in the second set of services upon the registration of the second service profile, while the first service profile is unregistered, wherein services that are unavailable are grayed out on the device.