Patent ID: 8144873
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of activating a computer in a network comprising: receiving at a plurality of mutually compatible carrier-specific plug-in components a command from a generic driver to initiate network activation procedures with a selected telecommunications carrier; determining a network activation status of the computer at one of the plurality of plug-in components; sending a request from the plug-in component to a device having network telecommunications carrier activation information in a file provided by the selected carrier; receiving the network telecommunications carrier activation information from the device at the plug-in component; and configuring the computer with the network telecommunications carrier activation information to establish network activation with the selected telecommunications carrier, wherein the plurality of plug-in components perform a setup in which user information is obtained and submitted to the driver device, then stored and submitted to the selected telecommunications carrier; and wherein the plurality of plug-in components can be tailored to multiple carriers in any language.