CARRIER CONFIGURATION AT ACTIVATION

• US 20090061840A1
• Filed: 09/02/2008
• Published: 03/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Wyld, Jeremy, Coffman, Patrick, Christie, Gregory N., Cassidy, Brian, Fleischman, David
• Granted Patent: US 8,442,521 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/419
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0809 Plug-and-play configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/166 at the transport layer
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/084 using delegated authorisation, e.g. open authorisation [OAuth] protocol
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/265 for initial activation of new user

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer-readable medium for providing telecommunications carrier configuration at activation of a mobile device. In one implementation, a method is provided. The method includes receiving a request for activation of a mobile device, and during activation of the mobile device, determining for the mobile device a telecommunications carrier from a number of telecommunications carriers, and identifying information associated with the determined telecommunications carrier for configuring the mobile device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a request for activation of a mobile device; and

during activation of the mobile device;

determining for the mobile device a telecommunications carrier from a number of telecommunications carriers; and

identifying information associated with the determined telecommunications carrier for configuring the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

during activation of the mobile device, transmitting to the mobile device the identified information associated with the determined telecommunications carrier for configuring the mobile device.

3. A method comprising:

transmitting a request for activation of a mobile device; and

during activation of the mobile device;

receiving information associated with a telecommunications carrier; and

configuring the mobile device using the received information.

4. The method of claim 3, where the mobile device is a personal digital assistant, a cellular telephone, a smart phone, an EGPRS mobile phone, or a media player.

5. The method of claim 3, where configuring the mobile device further comprises:

configuring a software stack of the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 3, where configuring the mobile device further comprises:

configuring a radio board of the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 3, where the mobile device includes a multi-touch-sensitive display.

8. A method comprising:

receiving a request to reconfigure a mobile device that is configured based on a first telecommunications carrier;

determining for the mobile device a second telecommunications carrier from a number of telecommunications carriers; and

identifying information associated with the determined second telecommunications carrier for reconfiguring the mobile device.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

transmitting to the mobile device the identified information associated with the determined second telecommunications carrier for reconfiguring the mobile device.

10. The method of claim 8, where

the request to reconfigure the mobile device includes an identifier for a smart card installed in the mobile device;

and

determining the second telecommunications carrier further comprises determining that the smart card identifier is associated with the second telecommunications carrier.

11. A method comprising:

transmitting a request to reconfigure a mobile device that is configured based on a first telecommunications carrier;

receiving information associated with a second telecommunications carrier; and

reconfiguring the mobile device using the received information.

12. The method of claim 11, where reconfiguring the mobile device further comprises:

reconfiguring a software stack of the mobile device.

13. The method of claim 11, where reconfiguring the mobile device further comprises:

reconfiguring one or more hardware components of the mobile device.

14. The method of claim 11, where the request to reconfigure is transmitted in response to detecting that a first smart card installed in the mobile device is replaced with a second smart card.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

notifying one or more applications on the mobile device of the replacement of the first smart card with the second smart card.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

reconfiguring one or more applications on the mobile device based on the received information associated with the second telecommunications carrier.

17. A system comprising:

an access device; and

a mobile device coupled to the access device, wherein the mobile device is configured to;

transmit to the access device a request for activation of the mobile device; and

during activation of the mobile device;

receive from the access device information associated with a first telecommunications carrier; and

configure the mobile device using the received information associated with the first telecommunications carrier.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the access device is configured to:

receive from the mobile device the request for activation of the mobile device; and

during activation of the mobile device;

determine for the mobile device the first telecommunications carrier from a number of telecommunications carriers;

identify information associated with the first telecommunications carrier for configuring the mobile device; and

transmit to the mobile device the information associated with the first telecommunications carrier for configuring the mobile device.

19. The system of claim 17, where the information associated with the first telecommunications carrier indicates or includes one or more settings for the first telecommunications carrier which should be enabled on the mobile device.

20. The system of claim 17, where

the request for activation of the mobile device includes an identifier for the mobile device and an identifier for a first smart card installed in the mobile device;

and

the first telecommunications carrier is associated with the identifier for the first smart card.

21. The system of claim 20, where the mobile device is further configured to:

detect when the first smart card installed in the mobile device is replaced with a second smart card; and

in response to the detected replacement of the first smart card with the second smart card, transmit to the access device a request to reconfigure the mobile device.

22. The system of claim 21, where the access device is further configured to:

receive from the mobile device the request to reconfigure the mobile device;

determine for the mobile device a second telecommunications carrier from the number of telecommunications carriers;

identify information associated with the second telecommunications carrier for reconfiguring the mobile device; and

transmit to the mobile device the information associated with the second telecommunications carrier for reconfiguring the mobile device.

23. The system of claim 22, where the mobile device is further configured to:

receive the information associated with the second telecommunications carrier; and

reconfigure the mobile device using the received information associated with the second telecommunications carrier.

24. The system of claim 23, where reconfiguring the mobile device further comprises:

reconfiguring one or more hardware components or a software stack of the mobile device.

25. The system of claim 17, where the mobile device includes a multi-touch-sensitive display.