Patent ID: 6795703
Filing Date: 2004-09-21
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
A handset upgrading system that executes a handset upgrade from a first mobile handset to a second mobile handset for use in a cellular network, comprising:upgrade request validation means for validating a handset upgrade request received from a customer by verifying that the customer is an applicant who applied online for the handset upgrade, as well as that the customer is currently using the first mobile handset to interact with the handset upgrading system, the verification being performed by comparing given information with a reservation record created and saved when the application was made, the given information including an application filing number which was generated and supplied to the applicant when the application was made, a password which was delivered to the applicant, together with the second mobile handset, and an identification number of the mobile handset that the customer is currently using, which is retrieved from the cellular network; and switchover commanding means for commanding a telephone exchange to deregister the first mobile handset and register the second mobile handset when said upgrade request validation means has successfully validated the handset upgrade request.