Patent ID: 8244223
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: G06Q,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a wireless network to facilitate transfer, by a user of an existing wireless device, of network service to a new wireless device, the transfer using an existing service account that is associated with the existing wireless device and established with the wireless network service provider, comprising: receiving from the existing wireless device having the existing service account a request to transfer the network service associated with the existing service account to the new wireless device; in response to the transfer request, transferring the network service associated with the existing service account and information relating to the existing service account from the existing wireless device to the new wireless device, the new wireless device having a unique identifier added, by the user, to the existing service account; detecting capabilities of the new wireless device associated with the unique identifier by transmitting to the new wireless device a proposal for a change to the existing service account to correspond to the detected capabilities of the new wireless device; in response to the transmitting, receiving from the new wireless device a request to change the existing service account to correspond to the new wireless device's detected capabilities in accordance with the proposal; and in response to the request from the new wireless device, changing the existing service account, in accordance with the proposal, to correspond to the new wireless device's detected capabilities.