Patent ID: 7965827

Claim:
A method for purchasing prepaid services, comprising: receiving a request at a point of sale terminal to purchase a prepaid service, the request comprising a service number that uniquely identifies the prepaid service, a wafer lot number that identifies a wafer lot from which a processor in an end user's requesting device was manufactured, and a prepaid amount for credit towards activation of the prepaid service; sending the service number, the wafer lot number, and the prepaid amount in an activation message to an activation database that stores a listing of devices approved for the prepaid service; storing an association in the activation database between the service number, the wafer lot number, and the prepaid amount that adds the wafer lot number to the listing of devices approved for the prepaid service; and sending a verification message to the point of sale terminal that indicates the prepaid service has been successfully activated for the end user's requesting device.