Patent ID: 8225082

Claim:
A card device for use in loading application identifiers to a mobile device, comprising: an identification unit for determining an effective mobile device identifier of a mobile device, wherein the effective mobile device identifier of the mobile device is based at least in part on the result of a process performed by the card device, and on an assigned mobile device identifier assigned to the mobile device prior to the mobile device being issued to a mobile device user, and further wherein said assigned mobile device identifier uniquely identifies the mobile device; an application request unit for transmitting the effective mobile device identifier to an application center; wherein said card device is used for loading application identifiers to the mobile device, including receiving, from the application center, one or more application identifiers to be associated with an application to be loaded on the mobile device, and loading the one or more application identifiers received from the application center, to the mobile device; and wherein said card device is insertable into the mobile device, and wherein the identification unit is further adapted to request said assigned mobile device identifier from a mobile control unit of the mobile device in response to a request for the effective mobile device identifier, the card device having processed the assigned mobile device identifier to create the effective mobile device identifier.