Customer activation system
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1. A Customer Activation System for expeditiously providing a CMR customer access to CMR service, the System comprising:
- a regional processor programmed to;
(a) accept information identifying the CMR customer;
(b) obtain a credit check of the CMR customer;
(c) assign a telephone number to the CMR customer; and
(d) insert and activate the telephone number in a cellular switch.
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Abstract
A Customer Activation System, including a method and apparatus, for expeditiously providing a cellular mobile radiotelephone (CMR) customer access to CMR service. The system includes a regional processor programmed to:
accept information identifying the CMR customer;
obtain a credit check of the CMR customer;
assign a telephone number to the CMR customer; and
insert and activate the telephone number in a cellular switch.
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1. A Customer Activation System for expeditiously providing a CMR customer access to CMR service, the System comprising:
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a regional processor programmed to; (a) accept information identifying the CMR customer; (b) obtain a credit check of the CMR customer; (c) assign a telephone number to the CMR customer; and (d) insert and activate the telephone number in a cellular switch. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. In a Customer Activation System that includes a processor programmed to (i) accept information identifying a CMR customer, (ii) obtain a credit report related to the CMR customer, and (iii) validate CMR equipment intended to be used by the customer:
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means for accepting number data corresponding to the NPA/NXX of a cellular system to which the CMR customer intends to subscribe, and means for formulating an MID. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A method for expeditiously providing a CMR customer access to CMR service, the method comprising the steps:
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(a) entering information, in a regional processor, that identifies the CMR customer; (b) performing, through facilities available to the regional processor, a credit check of the CMR customer; (c) assigning a telephone number to the CMR customer; and (d) inserting and activating, through the facilities of the regional processor, the telephone number in a cellular switch. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A Customer Activation System for expeditiously providing a CMR customer access to CMR service, the System comprising:
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(a) a regional processor programmed to (1) accept information identifying the CMR customer, (2) obtain a credit report of the CMR customer, (3) assign a telephone number to the CMR customer, (4) insert and activate the telephone number in a cellular switch; and (b) means for making available to the regional processor an ESN and information identifying the CMR customer. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method, utilizing a processor, for providing a customer expeditious access to Cellular Mobile Radiotelephone (CMR) service, the method comprising the steps:
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(a) entering an Agent ID and a PIN; (b) entering, through a data entry means that is coupled to the processor, a symbol that indicates to the processor that a new transaction is to begin; (c) entering, through the data entry means, the ESN associated with CMR equipment the customer intends to use; (d) entering, through the data entry means, data identifying the customer; (e) entering, through the data entry means, a Rate Plan that the customer has selected; and (f) entering, through the data entry means, an area code and a three-digit exchange corresponding to the CMR system to which the customer intends to subscribe. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. A Customer Activation System for expeditiously providing a CMR customer access to CMR service, the System comprising a processor accessible by a selling agent via a data entry apparatus, wherein the processor is operable to:
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(a) accept an ESN, entered through the data entry apparatus, associated with CMR equipment that the CMR customer intends to use; (b) accept data, entered through the data entry apparatus, identifying the CMR customer; (c) obtain a credit check of the CMR customer; and (d) insert and activate in a cellular switch an MID to be used by the CMR customer. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A Customer Activation System ("CAS") for activating a cellular mobile radiotelephone ("CMR") customer on a cellular switch, the System comprising:
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means for accepting information identifying the CMR customer so as to enable a credit report to be obtained; means for obtaining a credit report related to the CMR customer; means for formulating an MID to be assigned to the CMR customer; and means for inserting and activating the assigned MID on a cellular switch. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. Apparatus, in the form of a software system, for providing a cellular mobile radiotelephone (CMR) customer access to CMR service, the apparatus comprising:
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first software means for accepting data, in the form of a social security number, identifying the customer and for accepting data, in the form of an ESN, identifying CMR equipment which the customer intends to use; and second software means, called by the first software means, for assigning the customer an MID and for inserting and activating that MID in a cellular switch.
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40. Apparatus in the form of a software system for providing a cellular mobile radiotelephone (CMR) customer access to CMR service, the apparatus comprising:
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first software means for accepting data identifying the customer and identifying CMR equipment which the customer intends to use; second software means, called by the first software means, for assigning the customer an MID and for inserting and activating that MID in a cellular switch; and third software means, called by the first software means, for expanding on the data identifying the customer and for obtaining a credit report on the customer. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42)
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