Patent ID: 8799426

Claim:
A system, comprising: a networked computing device in selective communication with a communications network and configured to: determine, by a service application executing on the networked computing device, to change a configuration of a network service plan associated with the networked computing device and used by the service application, the network service plan identifying whether at least one service of the communications network is available for use by the networked computing device, request self-provisioning content from a self-provisioning gateway responsive to the determination, provide, by the service application, a user interface for configuration of the network service plan based on the received self-provisioning content, send a change data feature request including a channel identifier indicating a parameter of the change data feature request to the self-provisioning gateway responsive to a request for the change in the configuration of the network service plan received through the provided user interface, and allow for utilization of the service application after receiving a response to the change data feature request without having to restart the service application, wherein the service application is further configured to send an identifier of the networked computing device to the self-provisioning gateway to validate usage of the self-provisioning gateway by the networked computing device, responsive to the determination to change the configuration of the network service plan.