US 11,984,967 B2
Satellite provisioning of cell service
Paul Marko, Pembroke Pines, FL (US); and Craig Wadin, Sunrise, FL (US)
Assigned to Sirius XM Radio Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed by Sirius XM Radio Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed on Apr. 15, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/384,386.
Application 16/384,386 is a continuation of application No. 15/255,552, filed on Sep. 2, 2016, granted, now 10,263,694.
Application 15/255,552 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2015/018792, filed on Mar. 4, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/947,955, filed on Mar. 4, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2019/0379447 A1, Dec. 12, 2019
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/60 (2018.01); B64G 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04H 40/90 (2008.01); H04H 60/13 (2008.01); H04H 60/91 (2008.01); H04L 41/0806 (2022.01); B64G 1/66 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01)
CPC H04B 7/18563 (2013.01) [B64G 1/00 (2013.01); H04B 7/18517 (2013.01); H04B 7/18541 (2013.01); H04B 7/18573 (2013.01); H04H 40/90 (2013.01); H04H 60/13 (2013.01); H04H 60/91 (2013.01); H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); B64G 1/66 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A telematics control unit, comprising:
a cellular modem configurable to operate with a plurality of carrier networks, each of the carrier networks being associated with a first SIM card associated with a first carrier network and a second SIM associated with a second carrier network, wherein the first SIM card is a non-active SIM card;
a communication module configured to receive provisioning data for the cellular modem;
a telematics processor communicatively connected to the cellular modem and the communication module and provided in a LTE/HSPA and GPS module, the telematics processor configured to receive the provisioning data from the communications module and transmit the provisioning data to the cellular modem;
wherein the cellular modem activates the inactive first SIM card associated with the provisioning data, programs the first inactive SIM card, restarts using the first inactive SIM card, and establishes a wireless communication channel via the carrier network associated with the activated first SIM based on the received provisioning data .