Device-based network service provisioning

A wireless device comprising:

• a communication sub-system for transmitting and receiving communications via a wireless communication network;
• a processor coupled to the communication sub-system;
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• a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions to configure the processor to communicate via the wireless communication network to:
• receive a provisioning profile at the wireless device from a service provider provisioning system configured for automatically provisioning services to wireless devices, the provisioning profile customized for the device;
• generate a customized subscriber interface at the wireless device in accordance with the customized provisioning profile, the customized subscriber interface configured to receive input with which to generate provisioning information for said services,
• wherein said input comprises subscriber information and the selection of said services to be provided;
• receive input to generate the provisioning information via the customized subscriber interface;
• communicate the provisioning information to the service provider provisioning system via the wireless communication network to activate the at least one selected service for the wireless device;
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• receive the at least one selected service;
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• generate a modification to at least some provisioning information for modifying the services in response to subscriber input and communicating the modification to the service provider provisioning system thereby to update the services.

A wireless communication network for providing services to wireless devices comprising:

• a plurality of wireless devices configured for wireless communication via wireless communication network infrastructure, each wireless device comprising device-side components:
• defining an interface for requesting and receiving a provisioning profile via the wireless communication network infrastructure for provisioning services of a service provider, the provisioning profile customized for the device;
• defining a run-time environment for generating a customized subscriber interface at the respective wireless devices in accordance with the customized provisioning profile, the customized subscriber interface configured to receive input to generate provisioning information for said services, wherein said input comprises subscriber information and the selection of said services to be provided,
• the customized subscriber interface further configured to receive modifications to at least some provisioning information to modify the services;
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• defining an interface for communicating the provisioning information via the wireless communication network infrastructure to a service provider provisioning system for automatically provisioning the services to the wireless device in accordance with the provisioning information and updates to the services in accordance with the provisioning information as modified;
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• the service provider provisioning system coupled via wireless communication network infrastructure for wireless communication with respective ones of the plurality of wireless devices, the service provider provisioning system comprising server-side components:
• defining an interface for receiving respective requests from the wireless devices and providing respective provisioning profiles in response;
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• defining an interface for receiving respective provisioning information and any modifications to at least some provisioning information from the wireless devices to automatically provision the services and any services as updated to the respective wireless devices.

A service provider provisioning system for provisioning services to a plurality of wireless devices for communication via a wireless communication network, said system comprising server-side components:

• defining an interface for receiving respective requests from the wireless devices and providing respective dynamically generated provisioning profiles in response,
• each provisioning profile customized for respective ones of the wireless devices for generating a customized subscriber interface at the respective ones of the wireless devices by a run-time environment,
• the customized subscriber interface configured to receive input to generate provisioning information with which to define said services,
• wherein said input comprises subscriber information and the selection of said services to be provided,
• the customized subscriber interface further configured to receive modifications to at least some provisioning information to modify the services;
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• defining an interface for receiving respective provisioning information and any modifications to at least some provisioning information from the wireless devices to automatically provision the services and any services as updated to the respective wireless devices.