Patent ID: 8838084

Claim:
A method for provisioning mobile communication device upgrades, comprising: providing an automated web service device management interface (“WSDMI”) accessible to a plurality of carriers; receiving, at a supplier provisioning system via the WSDMI, upgrade requests from the plurality of carriers, the upgrade requests comprising at least one upgrade request for scheduling a scheduled device upgrade and at least one rollback request for fully or partially rolling back a previous scheduled device upgrade; responding to the upgrade requests from the plurality of carriers via the WSDMI with a list of available upgrades based on a device model, the responding comprising providing a confirmation of the scheduled device upgrade and a confirmation of a full or partial rollback of the previous scheduled device upgrade; receiving, via the WSDMI, an upgrade request for a list of devices for the device upgrades; and executing the device upgrades on one or more devices, the devices connected to the supplier provisioning system.