Patent ID: 8755797
Filing Date: 2014-06-17
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling provisioning of a wireless communication device in a cellular network, comprising: maintaining, at a network component, a provisioning status database comprising status information corresponding to provisioning in a home location register of one or more wireless communication devices for one or more cellular networks; initiating provisioning or de-provisioning of the wireless communication device for the cellular network in the home location register in response to a triggering event, wherein the provisioning of the wireless communication device for the cellular network comprises obtaining, from a master database having a plurality of provisioning data for a plurality of wireless communication devices and a plurality of cellular networks, provisioning data corresponding to a device identifier of the wireless communication device and a network identifier of the cellular network; receiving signaling corresponding to a request for the wireless communication device to connect to the cellular network, wherein the signaling includes the device identifier corresponding to the wireless communication device and the network identifier corresponding to the cellular network, and wherein the signaling corresponding to the request comprises the triggering event; and determining from the status information in the provisioning status database, in response to the request and based on the device identifier and the network identifier, that the wireless communication device is not provisioned in the home location register; wherein initiating provisioning or de-provisioning comprises transmitting a provisioning message destined for the home location register, wherein the provisioning message includes the provisioning data and the device identifier.