Patent ID: 7359516
Filing Date: 2008-04-15
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method in a computer of handling network activation, the method comprising: receiving at a plurality of plug-in devices a command from a driver to initiate network activation procedures with a selected telecommunications carrier, wherein said driver is generic to various telecommunications carriers and said plug-in device includes components that are tailored to activate the computer with a selected telecommunications carrier and register the computer with a selected service provider; determining at one of the plurality of plug-in device a network activation status of the computer; sending, by one of the plurality of plug-in device, a request to a device having network telecommunications carrier activation information in a registration file provided by said selected service provider; receiving, at one of the plurality of plug-in device, the network telecommunications carrier activation information from the device; and configuring the computer with the network telecommunications carrier activation information in order to establish network activation with the telecommunications carrier, wherein said plurality of plug-in devices can be tailored to multiple carriers in any language; wherein the plug-in device components step through a setup process comprising: retrieving the appropriate screens, entering user information, submitting the information to the driver device, writing the personal data in memory, and submitting the data to the service provider; and wherein said plurality of plug-in devices are compatible with each other of said plurality of plug-in devices.