Patent ID: 9071974
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless mobile electronic communications device comprising: electronic apparatus configured to send and receive signals using a GSM protocol; a subscriber identity module (“SIM”) device, said SIM including electronic hardware and computer software executed by said electronic hardware such that said SIM is configured to send, receive, and process messages using a Short Message System (“SMS”) between said wireless mobile electronic communications device and a communications network; and said SIM device is configured to control at least partly electronic hardware and computer software executed by said electronic hardware effective to provide a firewall, said firewall being deployed as a SIM application within said SIM device, said firewall being controlled by said SIM device, for said wireless mobile electronic communications device, and said firewall is configured to identify and mediate one or more infrastructure SMS messages sent and received by said device.