Apparatus and methods for network identification of open market wireless devices

Methods, apparatus and systems are presented for automatically providing network operators with identification of open market wireless devices that are used in the operator s respective network. Present aspects accomplish such by retrieving device profile information in response to the network opera...

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Hauptverfasser: DUGGAL, NAKUL, QU, HAI, GURGANUS, BRYAN
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Methods, apparatus and systems are presented for automatically providing network operators with identification of open market wireless devices that are used in the operator s respective network. Present aspects accomplish such by retrieving device profile information in response to the network operator s removable module being associated with (i.e., inserted into) a wireless device and communicating the device profile information to the network operator or the like. This allows for the network operator or third party entity to track and/or monitor the type of wireless devices existing in their respective wireless network. In addition, the automated nature of the tracking obviates the need for the subscribers/users of the removable modules to manually or otherwise provide the device identification to the network operators. Receive a Removable Module at a Wireless Communication Device, the 300 Removable Module including Configuration to Enable Communication with a Wireless Network 302 |Launch an Removable Module-Based Device Identification Application Determine that Network Identification 304 of the Wireless Communication Device is Necessary Retrieve Device Profile Information 306 from Wireless Device Memory, in Response to the Receipt of the Removable Module Generate a Device Identification Message that 308 Includes at Least a Portion of the Device Profile Information Communicate the Device Identification Message, 310 via the Wireless Network, to a Network Operator Associated with the Removable Module --- I--- 312 Store the Device Identifier in Removable Module Memory ---