Lead-based activation of m2m devices on an operator network

A computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

• one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• receive lead information from a sales person device operated by a sales person,
• the lead information indicating a potential customer for a vendor;
• receive an employee identifier that identifies the sales person,
• the sales person being an employee of an operator of an operator network;
• generate a lead identifier that identifies the lead information;
• associate the lead information, the employee identifier, and the lead identifier;
• provide the lead information and the lead identifier to a vendor device operated by the vendor without providing information identifying the sales person to the vendor device;
• receive an activation request and the lead identifier from the vendor device,
• the activation request including a request to activate a particular device for use on the operator network;
• cause the particular device to be activated for use on the operator network based on the activation request;
• determine the employee identifier associated with the lead identifier;
• and
• cause the sales person identified by the employee identifier to be compensated based on the particular device being activated on the operator network.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by at least one device, lead information from a user,
• the lead information indicating a potential customer for a vendor;
• receiving, by the at least one device, a user identifier that identifies the user;
• generating, by the at least one device, a lead identifier that identifies the lead information;
• generating, by the at least one device, an entry in a data structure that associates the lead information, the user identifier, and the lead identifier;
• providing, by the at least one device, the lead information and the lead identifier to the vendor;
• receiving, by the at least one device, an activation request and the lead identifier from the vendor,
• the activation request including a request to activate a machine-to-machine (M2M) device to connect to an operator network;
• causing, by the at least one device, the M2M device to be activated to connect to the operator network based on the activation request;
• determining, by the at least one device, the user identifier associated with the lead identifier;
• and
• causing, by the at least one device, the user identified by the user identifier to be compensated based on the M2M device being activated to connect to the operator network.