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US 7,583,964 B2Granted
Method and apparatus to manage a resource
AssigneeAT&T Mobility II LLC
InventorGregory A. Wong
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Abstract
A method includes selecting a registration resource at a first location and assigning the registration resource to a customer at a second location. The registration resource is released at the second location independently of the first location.
Claims21
A method comprising:
- selecting a registration resource at a first location, wherein the registration resource is potentially usable to register for a service and obtain a service resource to replace the registration resource, and wherein the service resource but not the registration resource is usable for the service;
- assigning the registration resource to a customer at a second location;
- releasing the registration resource at the second location independently of the first location;
- and
- in response to receiving an error indicating an assignment of the registration resource to the customer failed, selecting a second registration source to assign to the customer.
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A method comprising:
- in response to receiving an identification of a new customer, selecting a first registration resource from a set of registration resources to assign to the customer, wherein the first registration resource is potentially usable to register for a service and obtain a service resource to replace the first registration resource, and wherein the service resource but not the first registration resource is usable for the service;
- communicating the new customer identification and the first registration resource to a registry system;
- receiving an error from the registry system, indicating an assignment of the first registration resource to the customer failed;
- and
- in response to the error, selecting a second registration resource from the set to assign to the customer.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a machine-readable media comprising instructions which, when executed by a data processing device, result
- in response to receiving an identification of a new customer, selecting a first registration resource from a set of registration resources to assign to the customer, wherein the first registration resource is potentially usable to register for a service and obtain a service resource to replace the first registration resource, and wherein the service resource but not the first registration resource is usable for the service;
- communicating the new customer identification and the first registration resource to a registry system;
- receiving an error from the registry system, indicating an assignment of the first registration resource to the customer failed;
- and
- in response to the error, selecting a second registration resource from the set to assign to the customer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.