SIM-based automatic feature activation for mobile phones
AssigneeSharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
InventorsAtsushi Ishii, Narasimhan Parthasarathy
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Abstract
A method of feature activation in a SIM-equipped mobile phone associated with a communications network and a server includes storing a subscriber profile in a database of the server, wherein the subscriber profile contains a list of activated features and a list of deactivated features associated with the subscriber; and transmitting the subscriber profile to the SIM-equipped mobile phone upon request by the SIM-equipped mobile phone.
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A method of feature activation in a SIM-equipped mobile phone associated with a communications network and a server, comprising:
- storing a subscriber profile in a database of the server, wherein the subscriber profile contains a list of activated features and a list of deactivated features associated with the subscriber;
- and
- transmitting the subscriber profile to the SIM-equipped mobile phone upon request by the SIM-equipped mobile phone.
A method of feature activation in a SIM-equipped mobile phone associated with a communications network and a server, comprising:
- storing a subscriber profile in a database of the server, wherein the subscriber profile contains a list of activated features and a list of deactivated features associated with the subscriber;
- and
- transmitting the subscriber profile to the SIM-equipped mobile phone upon request by the SIM-equipped mobile phone when a subscriber transfers a subscriber-specific SIM to a SIM-equipped mobile phone.
A method of feature activation in a SIM-equipped mobile phone associated with a communications network and a server, comprising:
- storing a subscriber profile in a database of the server, wherein the subscriber profile contains a list of activated features and a list of deactivated features associated with the subscriber;
- and
- transmitting the subscriber profile to the SIM-equipped mobile phone upon request by the SIM-equipped mobile phone, wherein a request is a SMS sent through the communications network to the server and wherein the subscriber profile is retrieved from the database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.