Automated Device Provisioning and Activation
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Abstract
A mobile device has a cellular network modem and a memory to store pre-activation credentials and permanent credentials. A processor is configured to, in an ambient access mode that uses the pre-activation credentials, provide network access control according to a pre-activation service policy that controls access to a first carrier access network. In this mode, an allowed network service activity is an activation sequence that connects the device to an Internet-connected activation server through the first carrier access network. The activation sequence presents carrier selections obtained from the activation server to a user, allows the user to select one of several carriers, and then negotiates with the activation server to obtain permanent credentials for the selected carrier.
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22 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A mobile device comprising:
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a cellular network modem, reconfigurable for data communication over each of multiple carrier access networks; and a memory to store pre-activation credentials and permanent credentials, wherein the mobile device is configured to use stored pre-activation credentials and a pre-activation service policy in an ambient access mode, a processor configured to, in the ambient access mode, provide network access control according to the pre-activation service policy to allow and block access to a first carrier access network via the cellular network modem, and wherein an allowed network service activity via the first carrier access network is an activation sequence comprising; connecting the device to an Internet-connected activation server through the first carrier access network, providing cellular network service options from the activation server to a user of the device, including cellular network service options corresponding to different service providers, accepting input from the user to select a first one of the cellular network service options for a selected one of the different service providers, forwarding, based on the input, an activation request for the first service option to the activation server, receiving from the activation server a set of permanent credentials corresponding to the selected service option and selected service provider, and storing the permanent credentials in the memory so that the permanent credentials supersede the pre-activation credentials. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of operation in a mobile device having a cellular network modem, the method comprising:
in an ambient access mode using stored pre-activation credentials, providing network access control according to a pre-activation service policy to allow and block access to a first carrier access network via the cellular network modem, wherein an allowed network service activity is an activation sequence comprising; connecting the device to an Internet-connected activation server through the first carrier access network, providing cellular network service options from the activation server to a user of the device, including cellular network service options corresponding to different service providers, accepting input from the user to select a first one of the cellular network service options for a selected one of the different service providers, forwarding, based on the input, an activation request for the first service option to the activation server, receiving from the activation server a set of permanent credentials corresponding to the selected service option and selected service provider, and storing the permanent credentials so that the permanent credentials supersede the pre-activation credentials.
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