| CPC H04W 8/183 (2013.01) [H04W 8/12 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/72 (2021.01); H04W 40/02 (2013.01)] | 6 Claims |

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1. A system comprising: a central server for routing communications originating at a user equipment (UE) that is associated with a identifier; a second routing component coupled to the central server, for receiving communications routed from the central server to the second routing component based on the enterprise deployment vendor to which the identifier was assigned; a third routing component coupled to the second routing component, the third routing component receiving communications from the second routing component based on the particular network to which the identifier was assigned by the vendor, the third routing component routing the communications to a particular site in the network at which a repository of information resides that can be used to assist in authenticating the UE, wherein the identifier is a UE identifier; wherein the identifier is an International Mobile Subscriber Identifier (IMSI) assigned to the UE; and a plurality of second routing components, wherein the central server comprises a database containing information to cross reference IMSIs provided by user equipment to a particular one of a plurality of second routing components, the central server being configurated to determine, from the information contained within database, to which of the plurality of second routing components to send the communication.
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