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4G LTE power on activations

  • US 9,838,866 B2
  • Filed: 12/23/2013
  • Issued: 12/05/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An activation service system, comprising:

  • a first computer platform configured as an enterprise activation services server;

    a second computer platform configured as a provisioning system; and

    a third computer platform configured as a billing server, wherein;

    the enterprise activation services server is configured to;

    receive, from a mobile device, a request for a status of a pending order related to the mobile device, wherein the pending order was placed via a website that is different from a website of a mobile network carrier associated with the mobile device or at a point of sale of the mobile device that is different from a point of sale of the mobile network carrier associated with the mobile device;

    query, in response to the request for the status of the pending order, a telephone number inventory server for;

    an identifier of an identity module included in the mobile device; and

    a status of the identifier;

    search, via the billing server and based on the identifier, for the pending order related to the mobile device;

    upon finding the pending order related to the mobile device, prompt the billing server to;

    release the pending order related to the mobile device; and

    initiate a provisioning process to complete the released pending order,wherein the search for the pending order and the prompt to release the pending order each includes a unique indicator indicating self-activation;

    receive, from the provisioning system, a notification related to a status of provisioning the identity module;

    send, to the mobile device upon receipt of the notification, a response to the pending order status request; and

    send, to the provisioning system, a status indication that the response to the request for the status of the pending order has been sent;

    the provisioning system configured to;

    receive, from the billing server, an indication of self-activation related to the identifier;

    provision, in response to the indication of self-activation, at least one of a plurality of network elements within a mobile communications network to support communications via the mobile communications network related to the mobile device;

    send, upon successful provisioning of the at least one of the plurality of network elements, a network element provisioning response to the billing server;

    provision the identity module in the mobile device, in response to the indication of self-activation and successful network element provisioning; and

    send, to the enterprise activation services server, the notification related to the status of provisioning the identity module; and

    the billing server is configured to;

    send, as part of the search for the pending order, an identifier validation request to the telephone number inventory server;

    send, as part of the prompt to release the pending order, the indication of self-activation related to the identifier to the provisioning system;

    receive, from the provisioning system, the network element provisioning response; and

    change, upon receipt of the network element provisioning response, a status related to the mobile device.

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