Automatic activatation of a wireless device
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1. A method for activating a wireless service for a user, including receiving from the user data about the user that is only numeric;
- obtaining an additional item of information about the user based upon the numeric data;
applying a business rule to determine at least one characteristic of a wireless service plan for the user, using information about the user.
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Abstract
A system and method for activating a wireless services account while requiring only numeric data from a user, such as a social security number, date of birth and/or telephone number. The numeric data, which can be provided by the user through a telephone keypad, can be used to obtain additional information about the user through demographic and credit databases. A business rule and information about the user can be utilized to determine a characteristic of a wireless service plan for the user. A wireless service account can thus be established while requiring only numeric data from the user.
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37 Claims
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1. A method for activating a wireless service for a user, including
receiving from the user data about the user that is only numeric; -
obtaining an additional item of information about the user based upon the numeric data;
applying a business rule to determine at least one characteristic of a wireless service plan for the user, using information about the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. Activating a wireless service account for a user wherein the only information required to be provided by the user to activate the account is numeric information.
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22. An apparatus for activating a wireless service for a user, including
a processor; a memory coupled to said processor, said memory storing activation instructions adapted to be executed by said processor to receive data about the user that is only numeric;
obtain an additional item of information about the user based upon the numeric data; and
apply a business rule to determine a characteristic of a wireless service plan for the user, wherein the business rule is based upon information about the user.- View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An apparatus for activating a wireless service account for a user wherein the only information received from the user about the user is numeric.
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31. A medium storing instructions adapted to be executed by a processor to perform actions including:
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receiving from the user data about the user that is only numeric;
obtaining an additional item of information about the user based upon the numeric data; and
applying a business rule to determine a characteristic of a wireless service plan for the user, wherein the business rule is based upon information about the user. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A system for activating a wireless service account for a user, including:
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means for entering numerical user information;
means for obtaining an additional item of information about the user based upon the numerical user information; and
means for applying a business rule to determine a characteristic of a wireless service plan for the user, wherein the business rule is based upon information about the user.
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37. A method for activating a wireless services account for a user, including:
sending information about the user that is numerical only to an activation server that obtains an additional item of information about the user based upon the numeric data, and applies a business rule to determine a characteristic of a wireless service plan for the user.
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