FEATURE ACTIVATION ON DEVICE

• US 20150113109A1
• Filed: 10/18/2013
• Published: 04/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cellco Partnership, Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cellco Partnership, Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: SANJEEV, Kumar, Liew, Seng Kin, Shah, Jignya, Lampron, Keith P.
• Granted Patent: US 9,806,963 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5051 Service on demand, e.g. definition and deployment of services in real time
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits

Abstract

A system is configured to receive account information associated with a subscriber and a set of user devices, and receive user input, from a device associated with the subscriber, indicating that a feature is to be activated for the set of user devices. The device is configured to determine an association between the set of user devices and a feature code associated with the feature. The device is configured to receive a request to activate the feature from a user device, of the set of user devices, and determine that the user device is eligible to receive the feature based on the association between the set of user devices and the feature code. The device is configured to activate the feature for the user device based on determining that the user device is eligible to receive the feature.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

one or more server devices to;

receive account information associated with a subscriber and a plurality of user devices;

receive user input, from a device associated with the subscriber, indicating that a feature is to be activated for the plurality of user devices;

determine an association between the plurality of user devices and a feature code, the feature code being associated with the feature;

receive a request to activate the feature from a user device of the plurality of user devices;

determine that the user device is eligible to receive the feature based on the association between the plurality of user devices and the feature code; and

activate the feature for the user device based on determining that the user device is eligible to receive the feature.

2. The system of claim 1, where the one or more server devices are further to:

provide notifications to the plurality of user devices indicating that the plurality of user devices are eligible to receive the feature.

3. The system of claim 1, where the feature is one of a plurality of features;

where the one or more server devices, when determining the association between the plurality of user devices and the feature code, are further to;

determine an association between the plurality of user devices and a plurality of feature codes,

each feature code, of the plurality of feature codes, being associated with a feature, of the plurality of features; and

where the one or more server devices, when determining that the user device is eligible to receive the feature, are further to;

determine that the plurality of user devices is eligible to receive the plurality of features based on the association between the plurality of user devices and the plurality of feature codes.

4. The system of claim 1, where the plurality of user devices is associated with a plurality of mobile device numbers (MDNs);

where the one or more server devices, when determining the association between the plurality of user devices and the feature code, are further to;

determine an association between the plurality of MDNs and the feature code;

where the one or more server devices, when receiving the request to activate the feature, are further to;

receive an MDN associated with the user device;

where the one or more server devices, when determining that the user device is eligible to receive the feature, are further to;

determine that the user device is eligible to receive the feature based on determining that the MDN associated with the user device is associated with the feature code.

5. The system of claim 1, where the feature includes access to a shared messaging service;

where the one or more server devices, when activating the feature for the user device, are further to;

provide information to a network device to permit the user device to access the shared messaging service.

6. The system of claim 1, where the feature includes access to media;

where the one or more server devices, when activating the feature for the user device, are further to;

provide information to a network device to permit the user device to access the media.

7. The system of claim 1, where the one or more server devices, when determining the association between the plurality of user devices and the feature code, are further to:

receive an association between a plurality of features and a plurality of feature codes,

the plurality of features including the feature,

the plurality of feature codes including the feature code; and

determine the feature code based on the association between the plurality of features and the plurality of feature codes.

8. A computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

receive account information associated with a subscriber and a plurality of user devices,

the plurality of user devices being associated with a plurality of device identifiers;

receive user input, from a device associated with the subscriber, indicating that a feature is to be activated for all of the plurality of user devices,

the user input including a single interaction of the subscriber;

determine an association between the plurality of device identifiers and a feature code,

the feature code being associated with the feature;

receive a request to activate the feature from a user device of the plurality of user devices,

the user device being associated with a particular device identifier;

determine that the user device is eligible to receive the feature based on the association between the plurality of device identifiers and the feature code; and

activate the feature for the user device based on determining that the user device is eligible to receive the feature.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, where the plurality of user devices is a subset of user devices.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to determine that the user device is eligible to receive the feature, further cause the one or more processors to:

determine that the user device is eligible to receive the feature based on determining that the particular device identifier is one of the plurality of device identifiers.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, where the feature includes access to audio files;

where the one or more processors, that cause the one or more processors to activate the feature for the user device, further cause the one or more processors to;

provide information to a network device to permit the user device to access the audio files.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, where the feature includes access to a navigation system;

where the one or more processors, that cause the one or more processors to activate the feature for the user device, further cause the one or more processors to;

provide information to a network device to permit the user device to access the navigation system.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to receive the request, further cause the one or more processors to:

receive the request based on an attempt by the user device to access the feature.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, where the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

receive an indication that the feature is to be deactivated for the plurality of user devices;

remove the association between the plurality of user devices and the feature code; and

provide information, that identifies that the association is removed, to a network device to cause the network device to prevent the plurality of user devices from accessing the feature.

15. A method, comprising:

receiving, by one or more devices, account information associated with a subscriber and a plurality of user devices;

receiving, by the one or more devices, user input, from a device associated with the subscriber, indicating that a feature is to be activated for the plurality of user devices;

determining, by the one or more devices, an association between the plurality of user devices and a feature code,

the feature code being associated with the feature;

receiving, by the one or more devices, a request to activate the feature from a user device of the plurality of user devices;

determining, by the one or more devices, that the user device is eligible to receive the feature based on the association between the plurality of user devices and the feature code; and

providing, by the one or more devices, information to cause a network device to activate the feature for the user device,

the information being provided based on determining that the user device is eligible to receive the feature.

16. The method of claim 15, where providing the information to cause the network device to activate the feature further comprises:

providing a notification to a particular user device associated with the subscriber,

the notification indicating that the feature is activated for the user device.

17. The method of claim 15, where the feature includes a data limit;

where providing the information to cause the network device to activate the feature further comprises;

providing the information to the network device to permit the user device to transmit or receive data in an amount based on the data limit.

18. The method of claim 15, where the user device is a first user device;

the method further comprising;

receiving, by the one or more devices, a request to activate the feature for a second user device; and

determining that the second user device is not eligible to receive the feature based on the association between the plurality of user devices and the feature code.

19. The method of claim 18, where determining the association further comprises:

determining an association between a plurality of device identifiers and the plurality of user devices; and

where determining that the second user device is not eligible further comprises;

determining that a device identifier associated with the second device is not one of the plurality of device identifiers.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

providing a notification to the second user device indicating that the second user device is not eligible to receive the feature.