Patent ID: 8626121

Claim:
A method in a mobile telecommunication device, wherein the mobile telecommunication device is associated with a mobile telecommunication subscription provided by a subscriber identity module, the method comprising: storing in the mobile telecommunication device a tracking application; storing in the mobile telecommunication device a client identifier associated with a client whose equipment the mobile telecommunication device is; and storing in the mobile telecommunication device a reporting scheme; the method further comprising periodically, according to the reporting scheme; producing by the tracking application a status report in the mobile communication device, the status report comprising the client identifier and at least one detail about the mobile telecommunication device, the at least one detail about the mobile telecommunication device comprising a combination of information related to hardware of the mobile telecommunication device and information related to software that is in use by the mobile telecommunication device; and sending the status report to a tracking element; wherein the producing of the status report and the sending of the status report are performed so that the status report passes to the tracking element an identification of the subscription associated with the mobile telecommunication device.