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METHOD FOR ACTIVATING SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH A PRODUCT VIA A SERVICE CENTER SUPPORTING A VARIETY OF PRODUCTS

  • US 20130073403A1
  • Filed: 09/15/2011
  • Published: 03/21/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for activating a service, comprising:

  • receiving, at a service center, a request for activating a subscribed service on a first device that has been registered with the service center, wherein the service center provides services to a plurality of products on behalf of a plurality of product providers;

    in response to the request, retrieving device information about the registered first device from an internal database, wherein the device information was collected when the first device was registered with the service center;

    obtaining subscription information including credentials of a user who has subscribed the subscribed service for authentication; and

    transmitting, over a network on behalf of the user, the device information and the subscription information to a service provider that provides the subscribed service to allow the service provider to activate the subscribed service on the first device, without having the user to directly contact the service provider for activating the subscribed service.

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