US 9609510

Patent Overview: US9609510B2

Title: Automated credential porting for mobile devices

Patent number: US9609510B2 | Application: US14/208,236 | Publication: US20140273965A1

Inventors: Gregory G. Raleigh; James Lavine

Assignee (per supplied text): Headwater Research LLC (original assignee); assignments to Headwater Partners I LLC and later Headwater Research LLC appear in the file history.

Key dates (as supplied):

• Priority date: 2009-01-28 (assumed, not a legal conclusion)
• Filing date: 2014-03-13
• Publication date: 2017-03-28 (grant)
• Adjusted expiration: 2035-03-12; legal status listed as Active

Purpose: The patent addresses automatically porting (updating/transferring) credentials on a mobile device—for example, moving a phone number or account credentials to a new device—supported by figures covering a wireless network architecture (FIG. 1), mobile device components (FIG. 2), a credential-update flow (FIG. 3), and screens for requesting a new phone number or initiating a transfer, managing numbers, and viewing/entering information needed to complete a transfer (FIGS. 4–7).

Plain-language scope: The claims relate to automated provisioning/porting of mobile-device credentials, such as a subscriber phone number, using network elements and device-side mechanisms rather than manual re-entry.

Classifications: H04W12/04, H04L63/062, H04L63/08, H04W12/06, H04W12/35.

Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/[US9609510](/patent/US9609510)/en

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