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System and method for wirelessly provisioning a mobile communication device

  • US 8,051,987 B2
  • Filed: 08/19/2008
  • Issued: 11/08/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of provisioning a mobile communication device to operate with an enterprise server, the enterprise server being operable to communicate with a wireless gateway over a computer network to redirect electronic messages from an electronic mail (email) account to the mobile communication device, comprising:

  • generating a provisioning request message at the mobile communication device that includes a wireless identification to identify the mobile communication device in a wireless network and also includes an email address identifying the email account;

    transmitting the provisioning request message over the wireless network to the wireless gateway;

    using the email address to transmit the provisioning request message to the email account using an email transfer protocol;

    monitoring the email account to detect the provisioning request message; and

    in response to detecting the provisioning request message in the email account, configuring the enterprise server to include the wireless identification.

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