Patent ID: 8577414

Claim:
A method for establishing communication between a plurality of communication devices and a communication network using a single subscription, the communication network is a wireless or wired network, the method performed at a first communication device comprising: receiving a first request from a second communication device to get a subscription identity and capabilities of a subscription for accessing the communication network, wherein the subscription is associated with the first communication device, wherein the first request includes a device identifier (ID) associated with the second communication device; sending the first request to a Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) associated with the first communication device, wherein the USIM enables the first communication device to access the communication network; receiving a response from the USIM including the subscription identity, security parameters and the capabilities of the subscription; generating a unique key for the second communication device based on the response received from the USIM; and sending the response along with the generated unique key to the second communication device, wherein the response and the generated unique key are used to establish communication between the second communication device and the communication network using the subscription of the first communication device.