Patent ID: 8060530
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for triggering a plurality of provisioning events using a single, hierarchical provisioning request message stored in a computer-readable medium generated by an external system, the hierarchical provisioning request message identifying a plurality of provisioning events from a plurality of service providers to request for an entity, comprising: a provisioning system operable to electronically receive the single, hierarchical provisioning request message from the external system and transmit information in the hierarchical provisioning request message to each of the plurality of service providers identified in the hierarchical provisioning request to trigger the provisioning events, wherein the provisioning system is separate from the external system and the plurality of service providers, and wherein the plurality of provisioning events include one or more of activation of a service, deactivation of a service, suspension of a service, resumption of a service, modification of a service profile or service parameters, and obtaining status information regarding a service; the hierarchical provisioning request message being a format-independent electronic message capable of being constructed by and interpreted by a plurality of different external systems, the hierarchical provisioning request message having a data structure that includes information identifying the entity to which the plurality of provisioning events pertain, wherein the identifying information includes one or more attributes defined by the external system, wherein the hierarchical provisioning request message further includes a provisioning event data structure associated with each of the plurality of provisioning events requested for the entity, wherein the provisioning event data structure identifies a service provider associated with a provisioning event requested for the entity; wherein the provisioning system uses a provisioning reply to return status or error information relating to the hierarchical provisioning request message to the external system; the provisioning system in communication with the external system and the plurality of service providers, wherein a service provider is operable to communicate with the entity to cause one of the provisioning events to occur in response to receiving the information from the hierarchical provisioning request message received from the provisioning system; and the service provider operable to provide mobile communication service to the entity.