US 12,143,529 B2 · System and method for programmatic device connectivity

Abstract

A system and method for programmatically managing device connectivity to a network that includes provisioning connectivity devices with an account of a communication platform, where for a set of the connectivity devices, provisioning includes uniquely associating network operating identifiers of each of the connectivity devices with a corresponding programmatic device resource in the communication platform, setting communication metering properties in a programmatic connectivity plan resource in the communication platform and associating the connectivity plan resource to at least a subset of the device resources of the connectivity devices, and activating network communication status of the connectivity devices; servicing communications from the connectivity devices; and programmatically managing the communications from the connectivity devices through at least the device resources and the connectivity plan resources.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

providing an application programming interface (API) to enable an application or a service to remotely manage a connectivity device;
receiving a command from the application or the service via the API, the command requesting a change in status of the connectivity device;
in response to the receiving of the command, updating one or more properties of the connectivity device to change a status property of the connectivity device to indicate that the connectivity device is deactivated for a predetermined period of time;
and
in response to the predetermined period of time having elapsed, changing the status property of the connectivity device to indicate that the connectivity device cannot be reactivated.

2 more elements

A system comprising:

one or more computer processors;
one or more computer memories storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions configuring the one or more computer processors to perform operations comprising:
providing an application programming interface (API) to enable an application or a service to remotely manage a connectivity device;
receiving a command from the application or the service via the API, the command requesting a change in status of the connectivity device;
in response to the receiving of the command, updating one or more properties of the connectivity device to change a status property of the connectivity device to indicate that the connectivity device is deactivated for a predetermined period of time;
and
in response to the predetermined period of time having elapsed, changing the status property of the connectivity device to indicate that the connectivity device cannot be reactivated.

4 more elements

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising:

providing an application programming interface (API) to enable an application or a service to remotely manage a connectivity device;
receiving a command from the application or the service via the API, the command requesting a change in status of the connectivity device;
in response to the receiving of the command, updating one or more properties of the connectivity device to change a status property of the connectivity device to indicate that the connectivity device is deactivated for a predetermined period of time;
and
in response to the predetermined period of time having elapsed, changing the status property of the connectivity device to indicate that the connectivity device cannot be reactivated.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/118,291Filed 7 Mar 2023 · continuation

Priority

23 May 2016

Published

US 2023/0208984 A129 Jun 2023

Granted

12 Nov 2024

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

H04M 15/887
Provision for limiting connection, or expenditure: limit per user or user related number
H04M 15/715
Administration or customization aspects; Counter-checking correct charges: activating new subscriber or card
H04W 4/14
Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements: short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
H04W 4/50
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: service provisioning or reconfiguring

Family

Application62/340,333Us provisional application · filed 23 May 2016

Application15/602,809Parent of this continuation · filed 23 May 2017

Application16/042,823Parent of this continuation · filed 23 Jul 2018

Application16/545,985Parent of this continuation · filed 20 Aug 2019

Application16/915,754Parent of this continuation · filed 29 Jun 2020

Application17/304,488Parent of this continuation · filed 22 Jun 2021

US 2023/0208984 A1Pre-grant publication · published 29 Jun 2023

US 11,627,225 B2Parent of this continuation

US 11,076,054 B2Parent of this continuation

US 10,440,192 B2Parent of this continuation

US 10,063,713 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2017/0339283 A1Published application

US 2018/0332179 A1Published application

US 2020/0053226 A1Published application

US 2020/0329157 A1Published application

US 2021/0314447 A1Published application

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System and method for programmatic device connectivity

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Claims18