Patent ID: 8190198

Claim:
A method for enabling dual-mode mobile devices to access a Code Division Multiple Access (“CDMA”) network, the method comprising steps of: receiving, from a first mobile device, a request to access a CDMA network, a first mobile device identifier identifying the first mobile device for the CDMA network access and a first integrated circuit card identifier identifying a first integrated circuit card being used by the first mobile device to access a Third Generation Partnership Project (“3GPP”) network; associating the first mobile device identifier with the first integrated circuit card identifier; storing in a database the association between the first mobile device identifier and the first integrated circuit card identifier; receiving, from a second mobile device, a request to access the CDMA network, a second mobile device identifier identifying the second mobile device for the CDMA network access and a second integrated circuit card identifier identifying a second integrated circuit card being used by the second mobile device to access the 3GPP network; associating the second mobile device identifier with the second integrated circuit card identifier; storing in the database the association between the second mobile device identifier and the second integrated circuit card identifier; authorizing the first mobile device to access the CDMA network only after associating the first mobile device identifier with the first integrated circuit card identifier; and authorizing the second mobile device to access the CDMA network only after associating the second mobile device identifier with the second integrated circuit card identifier.