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4G LTE POWER ON ACTIVATIONS

  • US 20150181419A1
  • Filed: 12/23/2013
  • Published: 06/25/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An activation service system, comprising:

  • a computer platform configured as an enterprise activation services server;

    a computer platform configured as a provisioning system; and

    a computer platform configured as a billing server, wherein;

    the enterprise activation services server is configured to;

    receive, from a mobile device, a request for the status of a pending order related to the mobile device;

    query, in response to the pending order status request, a telephone number inventory server for;

    an identifier of an identity module included in the mobile device; and

    the status of the identifier;

    search, via the billing server and based on the identifier, for the pending order related to the mobile device;

    upon finding the pending order related to the mobile device, prompt the billing server to;

    release the pending order related to the mobile device; and

    initiate a provisioning process to complete the released pending order;

    receive, from the provisioning system, a notification related to the status of provisioning the identity module;

    send, upon receipt of the notification and to the mobile device, a response to the pending order status request; and

    send, to the provisioning system, a status indication that the response to the pending order status request has been sent;

    the provisioning system is configured to;

    receive, from the billing server, an indication of self-activation related to the identifier;

    provision, in response to the self-activation indication, at least one of a plurality of network elements within a mobile communications network to support communications via the mobile communications network related to the mobile device;

    send, upon successful provisioning of the at least one of the plurality of network elements, a network element provisioning response to the billing server;

    provision the identity module in the mobile device, in response to the self-activation indication and successful network element provisioning; and

    send, to the enterprise activation service server, the notification related to the status of provisioning the identity module; and

    the billing server is configured to;

    send, as part of the enterprise activation services server pending order search, an identifier revalidation request to the telephone number inventory server;

    send, as part of the enterprise activation services server prompt to release the pending order, the indication of self-activation related to the identifier to the provisioning system;

    receive, from the provisioning system, the network element provisioning response; and

    change, upon receipt of the network element provisioning response, a status related to the mobile device to RS.

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