Patent ID: 7383044

Claim:
A method for performing a permission status check on a particular mobile station using a centralized subscriber database within a mobile communication network, said mobile station identified using first data identifying a particular subscription associated with said mobile station and second data identifying a particular user equipment associated with said mobile station, comprising the steps of: receiving a service request signal in the centralized subscriber database, the service request signal comprising said first data; receiving said second data in the centralized subscriber database; determining by said centralized subscriber database as to whether said first data has been previously correlated with said second data, and in response to a negative determination, further comprising the steps of: transmitting a validation request signal from said centralized subscriber database to an equipment identity registry database; said equipment identity database to confirm the validity of said mobile station as identified by said second data; and in response to receiving an affirmative validation from the equipment identity registry database processing said service request signal.