Method and system for customizing a wireless device's user-interface based on which vendor distributed the wireless device
First Claim
1. A method for customizing a wireless device to have a user-interface corresponding with a vendor, the method comprising:
- receiving from a wireless device an activation request, wherein the activation request comprises at least a wireless device identifier;
using the wireless device identifier as a basis to select a user-interface corresponding with a vendor of the wireless device; and
sending to the wireless device an activation response that causes the wireless device to adopt the selected user-interface as a base user-interface for the device.
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Abstract
A method and system for customizing a wireless device'"'"'s user-interface is provided. During activation of the wireless device for service, the wireless carrier will use an identifier of the wireless device (such as an electronic serial number) as a basis to correlate the device with a vendor of the device and in turn to select a customization package that defines a user-interface corresponding with the vendor. For instance, the user interface can have color schemes, graphics, sounds and other attributes that are similar to the color schemes, graphics, sounds and other attributes that the vendor uses to promote the vendor'"'"'s services or products. The wireless carrier will then send the customization package (or a pointer to the customization package) to the device, over the air in an activation response message for instance. And the device will responsively adopt the selected user interface as a base user interface.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for customizing a wireless device to have a user-interface corresponding with a vendor, the method comprising:
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receiving from a wireless device an activation request, wherein the activation request comprises at least a wireless device identifier; using the wireless device identifier as a basis to select a user-interface corresponding with a vendor of the wireless device; and sending to the wireless device an activation response that causes the wireless device to adopt the selected user-interface as a base user-interface for the device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system comprising:
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a customization server arranged to receive a customization request and to send a customization response during activation of a wireless device, wherein the customization request carries a wireless device identifier and the customization response carries user-interface data that causes the wireless device to adopt a user-interface selected by the customization server as a base user-interface for the device; and user-interface customization logic executable by the customization server to select, based on the wireless device identifier, a user-interface corresponding with a vendor of the wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for customizing a user-interface of a wireless device, the method comprising:
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receiving from a wireless device an activation request, wherein the activation request carries at least a wireless device identifier; and sending to the wireless device an activation response that provides the wireless device with customization data, wherein the customization data causes the wireless device to adopt as a base user-interface a user-interface corresponding with a vendor of the wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for activating a wireless device, the method comprising:
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establishing an activation session between a wireless device and a service provider; automatically customizing during the activation session a user-interface for the wireless device based on a vendor that distributed the wireless device to a user; causing the wireless device to display as a base user-interface the user-interface corresponding with the vendor that distributed the wireless device to the user; and concluding the activation session between the wireless device and the service provider.
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