Patent ID: 7957726

Claim:
A method for porting a Personal Information Number (PIN) from a first mobile communications device to a second mobile communications device, the method comprising: generating a temporary PIN by said second mobile communications device for registration with a network node; receiving identity information comprising said PIN from said first mobile communications device by said second mobile communications device via a peer-to-peer communication session, said identity information from said first mobile communications device including a first PIN authentication key and an identifier associated therewith that is mapped to said PIN; and negotiating by said second mobile communications device with said network node using at least a portion of said received identity information to effectuate reassignment of said PIN to an identifier associated with said second mobile communications device and to effectuate disassociation of said PIN from said identifier associated with said first mobile communications device, wherein negotiating with said network node comprises issuing a command that includes said PIN, said first PIN authentication key and a second PIN authentication key generated by said second mobile communications device.