System and method for real time self-provisioning for a mobile communication device

A provisioning authority associated with a service provider system and in communication with a plurality of cellular phones, comprising:

• a billing system;
• and
• one or more processors configured to receive, from a provisioning application executed on a respective one of the cellular phones, a provisioning request, wherein the provisioning request includes provisioning information that specifies a cellular phone identification number, payment information, a service plan, and a service, and
• wherein the provisioning application is configured to provision a service upon receipt of a provisioning response indicating a granted provisioning request;
• wherein said provisioning application provisions a service on the respective one of the cellular phones, said service associated with the service provider system;
• wherein provisioning information of the plurality of cellular phones is communicated from the provisioning authority to the service provider system;
• and
• wherein the provisioning authority is configured to support device-based provisioning.

A provisioning system including a provisioning authority and associated with a service provider system and in communication with a plurality of cellular phones comprising:

• a provisioning application executed on a respective one of the cellular phones for communication with the provisioning system and providing provisioning information to the provisioning system, wherein the provisioning information specifies a cellular phone identification number, payment information, a service plan, and a service, and
• wherein the provisioning application is configured to provision a service upon receipt of a provisioning response indicating a granted provisioning request;
• wherein said provisioning application provisions a service on the respective one of the cellular phones, said service associated with the service provider system;
• wherein provisioning information of the plurality of cellular phones is communicated from the provisioning system to the service provider system;
• and
• wherein the provisioning authority is configured to support device-based provisioning.

A method of provisioning a plurality of cellular phones in communication with a provisioning authority, the provisioning authority being associated with a service provider system, the method comprising:

• associating a billing system with the provisioning authority;
• configuring the provisioning authority to receive provisioning requests from provisioning applications on each of the plurality of cellular phones,
• wherein each provisioning request includes provisioning information that specifies a cellular phone identification number, payment information, a service plan, and a service, and
• wherein a cellular phone's provisioning application is configured to provision a service upon receipt of a provisioning response indicating a granted provisioning request;
• and
• configuring the provisioning authority to communicate provisioning information of the plurality of cellular phones to the service provider system;
• wherein the provisioning authority is configured to support device-based provisioning.