Service creation using mobile device
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorLalit R. Kotecha
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Abstract
A method may be performed by a mobile device. The method may include receiving subscriber input for a temporary service account for a user associated with a portable device and creating the temporary service account. The method may also include receiving, from the portable device via a local wireless network, a registration request to use the temporary service account and assigning, to the portable device, a temporary mobile number selected from an available pool of mobile numbers. The method may also include sending, via the local wireless network, a registration confirmation to the portable device and providing, to the portable device, mobile services using both a broadband cellular network and the local wireless network.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by the mobile device, subscriber input for a temporary service account for a user associated with a portable device;
- creating, by the mobile device, the temporary service account;
- receiving, by the mobile device and from the portable device via a local wireless network, a registration request to use the temporary service account;
- assigning, by the mobile device and to the portable device, a temporary mobile number selected from an available pool of mobile numbers;
- sending, by the mobile device and via the local wireless network, a registration confirmation to the portable device;
- and
- providing, by the mobile device and to the portable device, mobile services using both a broadband cellular network and the local wireless network.
A mobile device, comprising:
- one or more memories to store instructions;
- a wireless transceiver to transmit and receive signals over a local wireless network;
- a wireless transceiver to transmit and receive signals over a broadband cellular network;
- and
- one or more processors configured to execute instructions in the one or more memories to:
- present, to a subscriber, an interface to receive subscriber input for a temporary service account for a user associated with a portable device, wherein the subscriber input includes user credentials for the temporary service account;
- create the temporary service account based on the subscriber input;
- receive, via the local wireless network, a registration request from the portable device that includes the user credentials;
- send, via the local wireless network, a registration confirmation to the portable device;
- and
- provide, to the portable device, mobile services via both the broadband cellular network and the local wireless network.
A tangible non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions, the computer-readable medium comprising one or more instructions to:
- present, to a subscriber, an interface to receive subscriber input for a temporary service account for a user associated with a portable device, wherein the subscriber input includes user credentials for the temporary service account;
- create the temporary service account based on the subscriber input;
- receive, via the local wireless network, a registration request from the portable device that includes the user credentials;
- assign, to the portable device and based on the credentials, a temporary mobile number selected from an available pool of mobile numbers;
- send, via the local wireless network, a registration confirmation to the portable device, wherein the registration confirmation includes the temporary mobile number;
- and
- provide, to the portable device, mobile services, using the temporary mobile number, via both the broadband cellular network and the local wireless network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.