Wireless internet activation system and method
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving a request to access a web resource address (“
URL”
) from a wireless modem device over a cellular network, where the URL is associated with a second network and is not associated with an authorization server associated with the cellular network;
determining, in response to receiving the request, that the wireless modem device is not activated for wireless connection to the second network associated with the URL;
directing the wireless modem device to an authorization server activation page instead of the URL;
receiving activation information from the wireless modem device via the authorization server activation page; and
activating, in response to receiving the activation information, the wireless modem device for connection to the second network.
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Abstract
A wireless modem device is configured for connection over a cellular carrier network to a second network. The device is initially in a non-activated mode in which the wireless modem device can only be connected to an authorization server of a cellular carrier network and cannot communicate outside the boundaries of an activation service for the wireless modem device. Activation is initiated by the cellular carrier network on receipt of a request from the wireless modem device to access a web resource address (URL) of the second network. The handset is connected to the carrier authorization server if the wireless modem device has not been activated, and is provided with an activation page at the authorization server. The authorization server activates the wireless modem device for wireless connection to the second network through the cellular carrier network.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a request to access a web resource address (“
URL”
) from a wireless modem device over a cellular network, where the URL is associated with a second network and is not associated with an authorization server associated with the cellular network;determining, in response to receiving the request, that the wireless modem device is not activated for wireless connection to the second network associated with the URL; directing the wireless modem device to an authorization server activation page instead of the URL; receiving activation information from the wireless modem device via the authorization server activation page; and activating, in response to receiving the activation information, the wireless modem device for connection to the second network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for activating a wireless modem device for wireless access to a network, the system comprising:
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a cellular network linked to a second network; an authorization server linked to the cellular network, comprising a provisioning module configured to activate and provision non-activated wireless modem devices to enable access to the second network; a subscriber database communicatively coupled with the authorization server and associated with the cellular network, the subscriber database containing an activation status for each of a plurality of wireless modem devices, said activation status related to access authorization to the second network; and a communication module associated with the cellular network and configured to receive web resource requests from said plurality of wireless modem devices to access a web resource address (“
URL”
) of the second network over the cellular network, where the URL is associated with the second network and is not associated with the authorization server linked to the cellular network,query the subscriber database, in response to receiving a web resource request from a requesting wireless modem device, to determine the requesting wireless modem device activation status, and forward said web resource request to the authorization server, instead of to the URL, in response to determining that the requesting wireless modem device activation status is a not activated status. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A wireless modem device comprising:
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a data storage module, containing a unique identification number for the wireless modem device and a network activation status for access to a second network; and a processor, operatively coupled to the data storage module, configured to establish network communications over a cellular network to the second network by sending a web resource request over the cellular network to access a web resource address (“
URL”
) of the second network, where the URL is associated with the second network and is not associated with a cellular network authorization server, andupdate said network activation status in response to completion of an activation and provisioning procedure carried out by the cellular network authorization server. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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