Patent ID: 6628934
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
A method for automatically activating wireless services on a wireless device, the wireless services provided by a wireless service provider on a wireless network, the method comprising:providing an activation web site for a wireless device user to submit device-specific, personal, and billing information to the wireless service provider; providing an activation web server to process the information submitted on the activation web site; assigning an IP address to the wireless device; creating a data record to store the IP address and the information submitted on the activation web site; sending the data record to a plurality of wireless application servers; creating an activation code for activating the wireless services on the wireless device; sending the activation code to the wireless device user; providing an activation module on the wireless device to register the activation code on the wireless device; and billing the wireless device user for accessing the wireless services on the wireless device.