Granted Patent B2

US 12,604,166 · App. 18/639,602 · Granted Apr 14, 2026

Inventors: Jason Wayne Jantzi (St. Clements, CA); Scott Leonard Dill (Paris, CA); Jesse William Bennett (Apex, NC); Mark Edward Reaume (Waterloo, CA); Mahendra Fuleshwar Prasad (Waterloo, CA); Alexander Karl Levato (Toronto, CA); Yu Gao (Waterloo, CA)

Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited

H04W4/70H04L41/0813H04L43/0811H04L67/02H04L67/12H04L67/34H04W52/0212H04W52/0222H04W52/0254H04W52/0258H04W84/005H04W84/18H04W88/10

Abstract

Claims (39)

1 . A method for updating communication parameters on a device, the method comprising:

waking up the device at a periodic time;

upon waking up, transmitting sensor data from sensors associated to the device to a server, the transmitting comprising sending a location of the device;

receiving at the device, responsive to the transmitting, a new communication parameter;

after receiving the new communication parameter, entering a sleep state at the device;

virtually replacing a subscriber identity associated with the device with a new subscriber identity based on the new communication parameter; and

sending a second communication from the device to the server, the second communication using the new communication parameter, wherein the second communication includes the location of the device and the new communication parameter is associated with the new subscriber identity determined based on the location of the device.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the device is a sensor apparatus associated with a vehicle.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the communication comprises a periodic server update.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein access point name profiles are associated with the new subscriber identity.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the access point name profiles are stored at the device.

6 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the access point name profiles are used to perform a server update upon replacing the subscriber identity with the new subscriber identity.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the device is a mobile device.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the entering of the sleep state at the device comprises the device entering the sleep state or a module of the device entering the sleep state.

9 . A device comprising:

a processor; and

a communications subsystem,

wherein the device is configured to:

wake up the device at a periodic time;

upon waking up, transmit sensor data from sensors associated to the device to a server, the transmitting comprising sending a location of the device;

receive at the device, responsive to the transmitting, a new communication parameter;

after receiving the new communication parameter, enter a sleep state;

virtually replace a subscriber identity associated with the device with a new subscriber identity based on the new communication parameter; and

send a second communication from the device to the server, the second communication using the new communication parameter, wherein the second communication includes the location of the device and the new communication parameter is associated with the new subscriber identity determined based on the location of the device.

10 . The device of claim 9 , wherein the device is a sensor apparatus associated with a vehicle.

11 . The device of claim 10 , wherein the communication comprises a periodic server update.

12 . The device of claim 9 , wherein access point name profiles are associated with the new subscriber identity.

13 . The device of claim 12 , wherein the access point name profiles are stored at the device.

14 . The device of claim 12 , wherein the access point name profiles are used to perform a server update upon replacing the subscriber identity with the new subscriber identity.

15 . The device of claim 9 , wherein the sleep state comprises the mobile device being asleep or a module of the mobile device being asleep.

16 . A non-transitory computer readable medium for storing instruction code, which, when executed by a processor of a device, cause the device to:

wake up the device at a periodic time;

upon waking up, transmit sensor data from sensors associated to the device to a server, the transmitting comprising sending a location of the device;

receive at the device, responsive to the transmitting, a new communication parameter;

after receiving the new communication parameter, enter a sleep state;

virtually replace a subscriber identity associated with the device with a new subscriber identity based on the new communication parameter; and

send a second communication from the device to the server, the second communication using the new communication parameter, wherein the second communication includes the location of the device and the new communication parameter is associated with the new subscriber identity determined based on the location of the device.

17 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the device is a sensor apparatus associated with a vehicle.

18 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the sleep state comprises the mobile device being asleep or a module of the mobile device being asleep.

Continuity (4)

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