Patent ID: 9613345
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A wireless service provider system for authorizing prepaid wireless service on a wireless device, the system comprising: a server in communication with a point-of-sale terminal, the point-of-sale terminal implementing a peer-to-peer protocol configured to connect the wireless device and the point-of-sale terminal, and the point-of-sale terminal configured to receive a unique identifier of the wireless device in conjunction with payment of prepaid wireless service for the wireless device, wherein the unique identifier of the wireless device is generated by a unique identifier application implemented by the wireless device, the unique identifier of the wireless device identifies the wireless device to the server, a wireless service provider, and an amount of wireless service including an amount of data, an amount of SMS, and an amount of voice; the server further configured to receive the unique identifier of the wireless device, the wireless device being configured to implement the unique identifier application to generate and to provide the unique identifier of the wireless device to the server through the point-of-sale terminal; the server further configured to provision the prepaid wireless service upon a verification of the unique identifier of the wireless device and the payment of wireless service for the wireless device, the provision of the prepaid wireless service being for the wireless service provider and in the amount of wireless service identified by the unique identifier; an accounting device configured to monitor a use of the prepaid wireless service provided by the wireless service provider used by the wireless device; and the accounting device further configured to control the use of the prepaid wireless service provided by the wireless service provider used by the wireless device with the accounting device.