Patent ID: 8639290

Claim:
A smart card device comprising: a smart card processor; and a smart card memory that stores a plurality of network access files and logic that, when executed by the smart card processor, causes the smart card processor to perform operations comprising deactivating, by the smart card processor, the plurality of network access files in response to detecting powering on of a wireless terminal connected to the smart card device, wherein deactivating the plurality of network access files comprises preventing the wireless terminal connected to the smart card device from reading the plurality of network access files, receiving, by the smart card processor, a plurality of attributes from the wireless terminal having a transceiver, the plurality of attributes comprising an attribute that specifies an ability of the transceiver to receive a data packet, comparing, by the smart card processor, the plurality of attributes with a plurality of rules stored on the smart card memory, the plurality of rules comprising a rule that requires the wireless terminal to comprise a transceiver capable of receiving the data packet, and in response to determining that the attribute matches the rule, activating, by the smart card processor, the plurality of network access files to enable registration of the wireless terminal with a wireless network, wherein activating the plurality of network access files comprises allowing the wireless terminal connected to the smart card device to read the plurality of network access files.