Out of the box experience (OOBE) country choice using Wi-Fi layer transmission

• US 9,992,326 B1
• Filed: 10/31/2014
• Issued: 06/05/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Koller, Gary D., Peden, Mark Douglas, Reeves, Raymond E., Youngs, Simon
• Primary Examiner(s): Kincaid, Lester
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wang, William
• Application Number:
  US14/530,666
• Time in Patent Office: 1,313 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/58 including a multilanguage function
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/12 using downlink control channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to methods and systems for determining the language presented by a mobile communication device operable for use in a plurality of different countries during an activation process on the mobile communication device. Methods may comprise receiving information from beacon(s) of one or more wireless access points to determine the presented language.

Claims

1. A mobile communication device, wherein the mobile communication device is a generic device operable for use in a plurality of different countries, comprising:

a short range radio transceiver;

a processor;

a memory; and

an application stored in the memory that, when executed by the processor during an activation process on the mobile communication device, is operable to;

detect a plurality of beacons from a plurality of wireless access points using the short range radio transceiver;

determine a country code of at least one beacon of the plurality of beacons detected from the plurality of wireless access points, wherein the country code of the at least one beacon is associated with plurality of languages;

map the country code of the at least one beacon to a language of the plurality of languages based on the country code of the at least one beacon to determine a language to present on the mobile communication device, during the activation process;

determine a country code of a second beacon of the plurality of beacons;

map the country code of the second beacon to one or more languages based on the country code of the second beacon;

verify, based on the country code of the second beacon, the country code of the at least one beacon;

verify, based on the mapping of the country code of the second beacon to the one or more languages, the language associated with the country code of the at least one beacon; and

present an activation screen to a user in the language associated with the country code.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the activation screen presented by the application comprises an option for a user to change the language.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the application is further operable to present language options to a user based on the plurality of languages associated with the country code.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the language options are presented in order by most likely to be spoken by a person in that country.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the application is also operable to complete the activation process in the language.

6. The device of claim 1, further comprising a user interface operable to present the activation screen and receive inputs from a user.

7. A method for determining a language to present on a mobile communication device during activation comprising:

detecting a plurality of beacons by a short range radio transceiver of the mobile communication device radiated from a plurality of wireless access points, wherein the mobile communication device is located within the ranges of the plurality of wireless access points;

determining, by an application on the mobile communication device, a country code of at least one beacon of the plurality of beacons detected from the plurality of wireless access points, wherein the country code is associated with a plurality of languages;

mapping, by the application, the country code of the at least one beacon to a language of the plurality of languages based on the country code of the at least one beacon to determine a language to present on the mobile communication device;

determining, by the application, a country code of a second beacon of the plurality of beacons;

mapping, by the application, the country code of the second beacon to one or more languages based on the country code of the second beacon;

verifying, by the application, based on the country code of the second beacon, the country code of the at least one beacon;

verifying, by the application, based on the mapping of the country code of the second beacon to the one or more languages, the language associated with the country code of the at least one beacon; and

presenting an activation screen to a user in the language associated with the country code of the at least one beacon, wherein the activation screen comprises an option for the user to change the language.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising presenting, when the user chooses to change the language, a second activation screen with one or more language options to a user based on the plurality of languages associated with the country code of the at least one beacon.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the second activation screen comprises an option for the user to choose another language.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising presenting, when the user chooses the another language, a third activation screen with a comprehensive list of languages.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the plurality of languages are ranked by most likely to be spoken by the user.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising connecting to one of the plurality of wireless points to complete an activation process on the mobile communication device.

13. The method of claim 7, further comprising determining a strongest beacon of the plurality of beacons, wherein the at least one beacon is the strongest beacon.

14. A method for completing an activation process on a mobile communication device comprising a carrier memory partition, the method comprising:

detecting a plurality of beacons by a short range radio transceiver of the mobile communication device radiated from a plurality of wireless access points;

determining, by an application on the mobile communication device, a country code of at least one beacon of the plurality of beacons detected from the plurality of wireless access points, wherein the country code is associated with a plurality of languages;

mapping, by the application, the country code of the at least one beacon to a language of the plurality of languages based on the country code of the at least one beacon to determine a language to present on the mobile communication device;

determining, by the application, a country code of a second beacon of the plurality of beacons;

mapping, by the application, the country code of the second beacon to one or more languages based on the country code of the second beacon;

verifying, by the application, based on the country code of the second beacon, the country code of the at least one beacon;

verifying, by the application, based on the mapping of the country code of the second beacon to the one or more languages, the language associated with the country code of the at least one beacon;

presenting an activation screen to a user in the language, wherein the activation screen comprises an option for the user to change the language;

after the language is chosen, receiving an activation payload in the chosen language;

completing an activation process on the mobile communication device in the chosen language; and

writing, by an application programming interface, to the carrier memory partition, instructions for language presentation on the mobile communication device.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the application is an activation application on the mobile communication device, and wherein the activation application is a part of the application programming interface.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising presenting language options to the user based on the plurality of languages associated with the country code of the at least one beacon.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising connecting to one of the plurality of wireless access points to complete the activation process.