Patent ID: 8032115

Claim:
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions executed by one or more computers for performing a method of providing wireless services to an uncertified wireless device by way of a wireless network, the method comprising: associating one or more attributes and a hardware identifier for each of a plurality of wireless devices in a global Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access device registry (GWDR), wherein the plurality of wireless devices includes wireless devices that are not certified with the wireless network (“uncertified devices”), wherein an uncertified device is a device of which the network has no knowledge prior to receiving an access request from the device, and wherein the one or more attributes define capabilities of a corresponding wireless device; receiving a request at a network operator from a wireless device to access the wireless network, wherein the wireless device is an uncertified device, and wherein the request includes the hardware identifier associated with the wireless device; querying the GWDR for the hardware identifier; as a result of querying the GWDR for the hardware identifier, receiving from the GWDR at least one attribute that is associated with the hardware identifier, wherein the at least one attribute is specific to the wireless device; determining the wireless device is authorized to access the wireless network based on the result of querying the GWDR; formatting data according to the at least one attribute of the wireless device, wherein formatting data comprises customizing services and applications according to the capabilities of the wireless device defined by the at least one attribute specific to the wireless device received from the GWDR; providing a formatted data from the network operator to the wireless device; delivering customized services to the wireless device according to the attributes of the wireless device; and enabling applications in the wireless device according to the attributes of the wireless device.