Patent ID: 7881745
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A mobile electronic device network employing provisioning techniques for updating electronic devices, the network comprising: a customer care center; a device server capable of dispensing at least one update; an electronic device having at least one of firmware and software, the electronic device being communicatively coupled to the device server and the customer care center, the electronic device notifying the customer care center to download at least one of firmware and software for subscribed services into the electronic device to enable use of the subscribed services; an update service in the electronic device, the presence of the update service in the electronic device being determinable by the network, wherein, when enabled, the update service indicates to the network capability of the electronic device to update at least one of firmware and software for the subscribed services, the electronic device employing the at least one update to update the at least one of firmware and software for the subscribed services; and wherein one or more parameters specific to updating the at least one of firmware and software for the subscribed services in the electronic device are provisioned, during provisioning of a number assignment module (NAM) in the electronic device, by the network.