US 12,495,114 B2
Framework for unified wireless communications
Jason Wayne Hayes, Lynnwood, WA (US); Yamuna Sai Mukkamala, Bellevue, WA (US); and Hamza Hydri Syed, Bothell, WA (US)
Assigned to T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/351,868.
Prior Publication US 2025/0023988 A1, Jan. 16, 2025
Int. Cl. H04M 15/00 (2024.01)
CPC H04M 15/07 (2013.01) [H04M 15/41 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a provisioning system configured at a wireless communications network, a request to provision communications service for a first user equipment (UE), the request comprising a request to associate the first UE with a primary identifier that is associated with a second UE distinct from the first UE;
mapping, at the provisioning system and based at least in part on the request, the primary identifier to a first UE identifier;
transmitting, from the provisioning system to a plurality of network nodes in the wireless communications network and based at least in part on the request, first instructions to route traffic associated with the primary identifier to the first UE;
transmitting, from the provisioning system to a network operator billing system associated with the wireless communications network and based at least in part on the request, instructions to configure a zero rate service code for communications associated with the traffic associated with the primary identifier and routed to the first UE;
transmitting, from the provisioning system to a virtual network operator billing system associated with the first UE and based at least in part on the request, an indication that the first UE has been provisioned on the wireless communications network;
generating, at a call detail processing system configured at the wireless communications network, a call detail record (CDR) in response to detecting a completion of a communications session associated with the first UE and the primary identifier; and
transmitting, from the call detail processing system to the network operator billing system and the virtual network operator billing system, the CDR.