Split input and output (IO) for subscriber identity module (SIM) swaps
US12213211B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 28, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jan 28, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 12, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W12/45
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, from a computing device, a user request to perform a subscriber identity module (SIM) swap for a subscriber, wherein the computing device and a user device are accessible to a user, based on the receiving the user request, generating a code for the SIM swap, resulting in a generated code, providing the generated code to the computing device for presentation, obtaining, from the user device, data associated with the user, the user device, or a combination thereof, facilitating user authentication responsive to the obtaining the data, detecting a transmission of a particular code from the user device, resulting in a detected code, and, based on the detecting the transmission and based on the facilitating the user authentication, performing an action relating to the SIM swap. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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