Self-activation through a non-activated device
AssigneeCellco Partnership
InventorsHo Yin Cheuk, Lixia Yan
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Abstract
A method of permitting self-activation of a mobile device is presented. The device is able to be activated without accessing the Internet or relying on a customer service representative when a device with a SIM card is initially powered on. A device client resident on the mobile device detects that the SIM card is self-activation capable, and then provides a customized interface to walk the user through a self-activation process. The interface provides various features associated with the communication functionality of the device, whether or not the functionality is dependent on the make and model of the mobile device.
Claims20
A method, comprising steps of:
- receiving, from a mobile device, on at least one server configured to provide connectivity for the mobile device to a wireless packet data communication network, a message, including a container having an information element field, in a bearer channel of the wireless packet data communication network;
- comparing the container content of the received message to a self-activation criterion;
- and
- upon determining, based on the comparison, that the container content has met the self-activation criterion:
- determining whether the self-activation is authorized without requesting further information from the mobile device, and
- responsive to the self-activation being authorized, sending a self-activation message for self-activation of the mobile device from the at least one server to the mobile device through a further information element field in a further container within a further message in the bearer channel of the wireless packet data communication network.
A computer system configured as at least one server, the computer system comprising:
- a processor;
- a network interface coupled to the processor configured to enable communications via a communication network;
- a storage device for content and programming;
- and
- a program stored in the storage device, wherein execution of the program by the processor configures the computer system to perform functions, including functions to:
- receive, on at least one server, a message, including a container having an information element field, in a bearer channel of a wireless packet data communication network;
- determine a self-activation criterion;
- perform a comparison, on the at least one server, of the container content to the self-activation criterion;
- and
- upon determining, based on the comparison, that the container content has met the self-activation criterion:
- determining whether the self-activation is authorized without requesting further information from the mobile device, and
- responsive to the self-activation being authorized, sending a self-activation message for self-activation of the mobile device from the at least one server to the mobile device through a further information element field in a further container within further a message in the bearer channel of the wireless packet data communication network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.