Patent ID: 9392457
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising the steps of: receiving in a mobile communication network an initiation of data communication between a mobile device including an identity module and the network while the mobile device is not presently activated for service by the network and the identity module is pre-provisioned for restricted service by the network; directing, by the network and based on a self-activation service control record maintained by a first element of the network, the data communication of the mobile device through the network to a portal of the carrier offering services through the network; causing the network to allow, based on the self-activation service control record, data communication between the mobile device and the portal through the network and, while the mobile device remains un-activated, prevent, based on the self-activation service control record, other communication of the mobile device through the network; via the allowed data communication through the network, collecting information from the user to enable billing for the other data communication once the mobile device is activated on the network; automatically collecting from the mobile device, via the allowed data communication, information including an identifier for the mobile device; provisioning data to a second element of the network different from the first element of the network, to activate service for the mobile device through the network, using at least some of the collected information, the data including a new service control record to allow the other communication of the mobile device through the network; and upon successful completion of the provisioning of the data to the second element of the network: