Patent ID: 8229505
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: associating an international mobile subscriber identity with a mobile device, the international mobile subscriber identity configured to identify the mobile device to a mobile telephone network; storing a software program in memory associated with the mobile device; storing a license, necessary for allowing operation of the software program on the mobile device, in the memory associated with the mobile device; and locking the license to said international mobile subscriber identity such that the software program cannot be operated on the mobile device without said international mobile subscriber identity being associated with the mobile device; wherein the license and the international mobile subscriber identity are stored on the same memory associated with the mobile device, such that the license and the international mobile subscriber identity are transportable from the mobile device together, wherein the same memory comprises a subscriber identity module, and wherein when the software program is to be run on the mobile device, the method further comprises: ascertaining whether the license, necessary to operate the software program on the mobile device, exists; ascertaining if the license is valid for the mobile device in that the license is locked to the international mobile subscriber identity; and allowing operation of the software program on the mobile device if the license is ascertained as valid, and not allowing operation of the software program on the mobile device if the license is ascertained as not valid.