Patent ID: 8107943

Claim:
A method for providing an International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) device identifier of a mobile radio device on a mobile radio network in the mobile radio device comprising the steps of: managing multiple International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) device identifiers, using a management and allocation system; managing multiple plug-in cards each with a user recognition code, using the management and allocation system; selecting both a first International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) device identifier from the multiple International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) device identifiers and a first user recognition code from the multiple plug-in cards in the management and allocation system; transferring the first International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) device identifier and the first user recognition code from the management and allocation system to a radio module in the mobile radio device; saving the first International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) device identifier in the radio module so that the first International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) device identifier for identification of the mobile radio device on the mobile radio network is used; and wherein the first international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) device identifier and the first user recognition code are dynamically transferable as a pair from the mobile radio device to another mobile radio device.