Subscriber-driven sharing of a communications service
US11089469B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 21, 2016 |
| Grant date | Aug 10, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 27, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/02
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for facilitating service sharing (e.g., voice services, data services, multimedia services, etc.) in a network environment (100). In one example arrangement, upon receiving an input at a host subscriber device (302), a request is generated (306) to a host subscriber's service provider network (304) for instantiating a virtual subscriber identification module (vSIM) populated with the host subscriber's service profile with respect to a service. A guest user's authentication information is provided (354) for performing guest registration and remote provisioning (354, 502) for the vSIM, the remote provisioning including allocation of a temporary phone number and an IP address, which may be used in a mapping relationship for routing calls or sessions engaged by the guest (352) using a service shared with the host subscriber (302).
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