APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR NETWORK IDENTIFICATION OF OPEN MARKET WIRELESS DEVICES

摘要

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.