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Provider-activated software for mobile communication devices

  • US 20040110494A1
  • Filed: 12/03/2003
  • Published: 06/10/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mobile voice communication device comprising:

  • a wireless transceiver circuit for transmitting and receiving voice communications and for receiving data;

    a digital processor; and

    a memory storing application program code which when executed on the digital processor causes the mobile voice communication device to provide predetermined functionality to the user of the mobile voice communication device, said predetermined functionality having basic features and having enhanced features that are in addition to the basic features, said application program code having a deactivated state in which the mobile voice communication device provides said basic features to the user without providing said enhanced features and an activated state in which the mobile voice communication device provides the enhanced features, and wherein toggling between the deactivated and activated states is accomplished by receiving through the wireless transceiver circuit a transmitted key that was sent by a remote source to that mobile voice communication device.

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