Patent ID: 8312517
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by one or more service provider devices of a wireless network from a mobile station, an indication that the mobile station is ready for activation in the wireless network; sending, by the one or more service provider devices to the mobile station during a subscription process that is performed in response to the indication that the mobile station is ready for activation, a message prompting or indicating a creation of credentials to be entered by a user of the mobile station to authenticate the mobile station on re-entry to the wireless network; and provisioning, by a provisioning server of the one or more service provider devices, the mobile station with instructions to be executed by the mobile station to perform an authentication exchange that is compatible with a network entry scheme where the credentials are entered by the user, wherein said provisioning further comprises configuring a parameter of the mobile station to a user-controlled (UC) mode to indicate that the mobile station is configured to enter the wireless network with the credentials entered by the user using, by the service provider, another authentication exchange to authenticate the mobile station prior to said sending the message prompting or indicating a creation of credentials, wherein the another authentication exchange is a default that does not allow a user of the mobile station to enter the credentials.