Method, Apparatus, and Computer Readable Medium for Providing Wireless Device Protection Service

An apparatus for providing wireless device protection services, the apparatus comprising at least one processor coupled to a memory, the memory comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the apparatus to:

• receive, from a first wireless device, a subscriber identifier associated with a wireless device subscriber identification module;
• determine whether the subscriber identifier is associated with a wireless device protection plan;
• in response to determining that the subscriber identifier is associated with the wireless device protection plan, determine whether the first wireless device is eligible for the wireless device protection plan;
• and
• in response to determining that the first wireless device is eligible for the wireless device protection plan:
• validate functionality of the first wireless device,
• in response to a failure of functionality validation of the first wireless device, impose a waiting period on the wireless device protection plan such that at least a portion of the services associated with the wireless device protection plan are unavailable until expiration of the waiting period, or
• in response to a satisfactory functionality validation of the first wireless device, register the first wireless device with the wireless device protection plan to provide services associated with the wireless device protection plan for the first wireless device.