Patent ID: 7478056
Filing Date: 2009-01-13
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of activating a mobile communications system for a user, the method comprising: receiving, from a client accessing the Internet, a message originating from a messaging account that is associated with a user identifier for a user requesting mobile services; referencing an unassigned system identifier for an unassigned mobile communications system; associating the user identifier with the unassigned system identifier so that the mobile communications system now has an assigned system identifier; configuring the unassigned mobile communications system to be an assigned mobile communications system configured to support the user identifier; receiving, from the assigned mobile communications system and over a wireless network, an activation request that includes a received system identifier of the mobile communications system and the user identifier supported by the mobile communications system; comparing the received system identifier and the received user identifier to the assigned system identifier and the user identifier to determine whether the received system identifier and the received user identifier relate to the assigned system identifier and the user identifier; activating, based on a determination that the received system identifier and the received user identifier relate to the assigned system identifier and the user identifier, the assigned mobile communications system; and enabling, in response to activating the assigned mobile communications system, the user to access the messaging account from the mobile communications system, wherein the client and the mobile communications system are separate and distinct from each other.