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US 10,382,920 B2Granted
Delivery of branding content and customizations to a mobile communication device
AssigneeSprint Communications Company L.P.
InventorRobert E. Urbanek
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Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to methods and systems for provisioning and/or customizing a mobile device. After a mobile device is purchased by a user, custom settings and information (or customization content) may be delivered to or accessed on the mobile device. In some embodiments, the customization content may be pre-loaded onto the device and access via a uniform resource identifier (or URI) string. In other embodiments, the customization content may be accessed from a remotely hosted location via a uniform resource locator (or URL) string. Additionally, customization content may be accessed via a combination of the above methods.
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A method for provisioning a mobile device performed by an application on the mobile device, comprising:
- during an initial set-up of the mobile device after the mobile device is purchased by a user, wirelessly receiving, at the mobile device from a wireless service provider, a provisioning payload that comprises a file locator of a plurality of file locators and at least some customization content, the mobile device comprising a plurality of different sets of pre-loaded customization content pre-loaded to a system memory partition of the mobile device prior to the mobile device being activated by the user, wherein each of the plurality of different sets of pre-loaded customization content corresponds to a different wireless service provider brand of a plurality of different wireless service provider brands, and wherein each of the plurality of file locators directs to only one of the plurality of different sets of pre-loaded customization content corresponding to one of the plurality of different wireless service brands;
- accessing only one set of pre-loaded customization content of the plurality of different sets of pre-loaded customization content from the system memory partition of the mobile device based on the file locator, the set of pre-loaded customization content corresponding to a wireless service brand of the wireless service provider;
- storing a copy of the set of pre-loaded customization content referenced by the file locator in a carrier memory partition of the mobile device;
- and
- completing a customization and branding process of the mobile device to the wireless service brand using the copy of the set of pre-loaded customization content stored in the carrier memory partition.
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A method for customizing a mobile device via an application on the mobile device, comprising:
- during an initial set-up of the mobile device after the mobile device is purchased by a user, wirelessly receiving, at the mobile device from a wireless service provider, a provisioning payload that comprises a file locator of a plurality of file locators and at least some customization content, the mobile device comprising a plurality of different sets of pre-loaded customization content pre-loaded to a system memory partition of the mobile device prior to the mobile device being activated by the user, wherein each of the plurality of different sets of pre-loaded customization content corresponds to a different wireless service provider brand of a plurality of different wireless service provider brands, and wherein each of the plurality of file locators directs to only one of the plurality of different sets of pre-loaded customization content corresponding to one of the plurality of different wireless service brands;
- accessing only one set of pre-loaded customization content of the plurality of different sets of pre-loaded customization content from the system memory partition of the mobile device based on the file locator, the set of pre-loaded customization content corresponding to a wireless service brand of the wireless service provider;
- and
- completing a customization and branding process of the mobile device to the wireless service brand using the set of pre-loaded customization content stored in the system memory partition.
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A method for customizing a mobile device performed by an application on the mobile device, comprising:
- during an initial set-up of the mobile device after the mobile device is purchased by a user, wirelessly receiving, at the mobile device from a wireless service provider, a provisioning payload that comprises a file locator of a plurality of file locators and a customization content, the mobile device comprising a plurality of different sets of pre-loaded customization content pre-loaded to a system memory partition of the mobile device prior to the mobile device being activated by the user, wherein each of the plurality of different sets of pre-loaded customization content corresponds to a different wireless service provider brand of a plurality of different wireless service provider brands, and wherein each of the plurality of file locators directs to only one of the plurality of different sets of pre-loaded customization content corresponding to one of the plurality of different wireless service brands;
- accessing only one set of pre-loaded customization content of the plurality of different sets of pre-loaded customization content from the system memory partition of the mobile device based on the file locator, the set of pre-loaded customization content corresponding to a wireless service brand of the wireless service provider;
- storing the customization content in the system memory partition on the mobile device;
- and
- completing a customization and branding process for the mobile device to the wireless service brand using the customization content and the set of pre-loaded customization content.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.