System and Method for Managing Information Handling System Wireless Network Provisioning

• US 20110096744A1
• Filed: 01/07/2011
• Published: 04/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Michael Ryan, Pratik M. Mehta, Roger Cameron
• Original Assignee: Michael Ryan, Pratik M. Mehta, Roger Cameron
• Inventors: Ryan, Michael, Cameron, Roger, Mehta, Pratik M.
• Application Number:
  US12/986,886
• Publication Number:
  US 20110096744A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0621 Item configuration or customization
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/04 Manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/30 Computing systems specially adapted for manufacturing

Abstract

Information handling systems are built to order with provisioned wireless wide area network (WWAN) service coordinated through a WWAN network provider as part of the manufacture of the information handling system. A WWAN component is built into the information handling system and then queried to retrieve a WWAN identifier, such as ESM or SIM information. The identifier is associated with end user information of the information handling system and formatted as a request for WWAN provisioning sent to a network service provider. The network service provider applies the WWAN identifier and end user information to contact the end user for setting up a WWAN account or, alternatively, to automatically set up a WWAN account for the end user.

Claims

1-15. -15. (canceled)

16. A method for building an information handling system having provisioned wireless networking service, the method comprising:

assembling plural processing components in a housing, the processing components configured to process information and including at least one wireless networking component;

associating end user information with the information handling system;

reading identification information from the wireless networking component; and

applying the end user information and identification information to formulate a request for provisioning wireless networking service from a wireless networking provider.

17. The method of claim 16 further comprising:

sending the request to the wireless networking provider; and

applying the end user information by the wireless networking provider to contact the end user for setting up an account for access of the wireless networking component.

18. The method of claim 16 further comprising:

sending the request to the wireless networking provider; and

applying the end user information by the wireless networking provider to automatically create an account for access of the wireless networking component.

19. The method of claim 18 further comprising:

sending confirmation information from the wireless networking provider through the wireless network to the wireless networking component to confirm the provisioning of the account.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein the wireless network comprises a wireless telephone network.