Patent ID: 8295811

Claim:
A method of activating a mobile phone, comprising: scanning a code accessible from an exterior of a package by an electronic scanning device coupled to a computer station, the package containing the mobile phone; retrieving mobile phone information from a data store based on the code, the retrieving performed by the computer station; transmitting the mobile phone information by a provisioning application to a wireless communication network to at least partly provision wireless communication service to the mobile phone, whereby the wireless communication network is triggered to activate the mobile phone, wherein the transmitting is performed by the computer station; activating the mobile phone in response to provisioning of the wireless communication service to the mobile phone, wherein activating the mobile phone comprises sending a first message by an activation application to the mobile phone to complete activation of the mobile phone a first predefined period of time after provisioning of the wireless communication service to the mobile phone; and when the first message is not acknowledged by the mobile phone and after delaying a second predefined period of time after sending the first message, sending a second message by the activation application to complete activation of the mobile phone, wherein the second predefined period of time is longer than the first predefined period of time.