Patent ID: 8346214

Claim:
A system operating in a mobile wireless network comprising: a first home location register (HLR) containing a plurality of International Mobile Subscriber Identities (IMSIs) allocated to the system; and a provisioning server having authority and control to access the first HLR and operative to communicate with the mobile wireless network including a plurality of mobile switching centers (MSCs) and a plurality of mobile devices operating in the mobile wireless network, wherein the provisioning server receives a signal from the mobile wireless network specifying a location of a first mobile device having a first IMSI and operating in the mobile wireless network under a first condition, provisions the first HLR to add a second IMSI not previously provisioned corresponding to the first mobile device and the location, and transmits data identifying the second IMSI to the first mobile device to allow the first mobile device to operate in the mobile wireless network under a second condition.