System and method for porting a personalized indicium assigned to a mobile communications device
US7957726B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 24, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jun 7, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 6, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W92/18
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, a scheme is provided for porting a personalized indicium, i.e., a Personal Information Number or PIN, from a first mobile communications device to a second mobile communications device. Upon receiving identity information from the first mobile communications device via a secure peer-to-peer communication session, the second mobile communications device is operable to negotiate with a network node using at least a portion of the received identity information for reassigning the PIN to an identifier associated therewith. Upon successfully porting the PIN to the second mobile communications device, a service provisioning database is accordingly updated.
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