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AUTOMATED DEVICE PROVISIONING AND ACTIVATION

  • US 20130229951A1
  • Filed: 04/19/2013
  • Published: 09/05/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method performed by a network system communicatively coupled to an end-user device over a wireless access network, the method comprising:

  • obtaining one or more credentials from the end-user device, the one or more credentials identifying at least an aspect of the end-user device;

    determining, using at least a first portion of the one or more credentials, that a user of the end-user device has not selected a service plan for the end-user device;

    identifying one or more candidate service plans, wherein at least one of the one or more candidate service plans is identified based, at least in part, on at least a second portion of the one or more credentials, or the first portion of the one or more credentials, or a combination thereof;

    establishing a secure communication link between the network system and the end-user device over an ambient services connection of the wireless access network, the ambient services connection enabling the user of the end-user device at least to select one of the one or more candidate service plans to be a first service plan for the end-user device;

    sending, to the end-user device over the secure communication link, information about the one or more candidate service plans; and

    obtaining, over the secure communication link, a response to the information about the one or more candidate service plans, the response identifying the first service plan as selected by the user.

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