Patent ID: 8364146

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable in a computing device, the program comprising: code that generates a first network page in response to a first request from a client during a first session, the first network page having a first component that facilitates an initiation of the activation of the wireless service associated with a first cellular telephone, where the wireless service does not provide for inbound communication to the first cellular telephone until a porting of a telephone number from a second cellular telephone to the first cellular telephone is completed; code that facilitates communication with a service provider system over a network to initiate the activation of the wireless service upon receipt of a message sent from the client in response to a user manipulation of the first component; code that generates a second network page in response to a second request from the client after the activation of the wireless service after a second session, the second network page having a second component that facilitates a user initiation of the porting of the telephone number from the second cellular telephone to the first cellular telephone; and wherein a user defined delay is imposed between the first session and the second session.