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System for activating and customizing a mobile device via near field communication

  • US 9,026,105 B2
  • Filed: 03/14/2013
  • Issued: 05/05/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of provisioning a mobile device comprising:

  • prior to the mobile device being provisioned for communication services with a communications network;

    powering, by a provisioning platform that includes a non-transitory memory and executes at least one processor, a near field communication transceiver on the mobile device with an energizing radio field from the provisioning platform;

    communicating, by the provisioning platform, provisioning data to the mobile device via near field communication, wherein the near field communication transceiver and the mobile device are not powered by any other source during the communication of the provisioning data; and

    responsive to communicating the provisioning data, storing the provisioning data in a non-transitory storage on the mobile device, the non-transitory storage being associated with the near field communication transceiver, wherein the provisioning data is used to complete a provisioning process on the mobile device, and wherein the provisioning process provisions the mobile device for communication services with the communications network.

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