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- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for using active and inactive mobile subscriber identification information in a device to provide services for a limited time period
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Application No.: US16039516Application Date: 2018-07-19
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Publication No.: US10375663B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Walter Cooper Chastain , Stephen Emille Chin
- Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. , AT&T Mobility II LLC
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectural Property I, L.P.,AT&T Mobility II LLC
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectural Property I, L.P.,AT&T Mobility II LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Guntin & Gust, PLC
- Agent Ralph Trementozzi
- Main IPC: H04W60/00
- IPC: H04W60/00 ; H04W8/04

Abstract:
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that receives a first notification indicating a first international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) is being registered. A communication device sends a first registration request that includes the first IMSI to a registration function. Further, an identity proxy function intercepts the first registration request and sends the first notification to the device. In addition, the system receives from a billing server a request for services for the communication device. Further, the system provides a first Over-the-Air (OTA) message to the communication device that includes a second IMSI that is provisioned onto the communication device. Also, the system sends a first registration message to the registration function. The registration function includes a registry. The first registration message includes first instructions to indicate to the registration function to add the second IMSI to the registry. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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