Patent ID: 8391832

Claim:
A method, for selectively applying a service credit to a new customer account, comprising: receiving, by a first system comprising a processor, in response to the new customer account being activated at a prepaid system, an activation notice comprising a first mobile subscriber number; receiving, by the first system, from a device associated with the new customer account, a trigger message comprising an international mobile equipment identity of the device, an international mobile subscriber identity stored in a subscriber identity module installed in the device, and a second mobile subscriber number; denying, if the first mobile subscriber number and the second mobile subscriber number do not match, application of the service credit; and performing, if the first mobile, subscriber number and the second mobile subscriber number match, additional operations comprising: denying, if the international mobile equipment identity received in the trigger message does not match one of a plurality of international mobile equipment identities listed in an international mobile equipment identity list, application of the service credit; and performing, if the international mobile equipment identity received in the trigger message matches one of the plurality of international mobile equipment identities, further operations comprising: generating and transmitting, to a device lifecycle system, a first integrated circuit card identifier request comprising the international mobile equipment identity as a query parameter; receiving a first integrated circuit card identifier response comprising a first integrated circuit card identifier associated with the international mobile equipment identity and a credit value available for the international mobile equipment identity; generating and transmitting, to a subscriber identity module, a second integrated circuit card identifier request comprising the international mobile subscriber identity as a query parameter; receiving a second integrated circuit card identifier response comprising a second integrated circuit card identifier associated with the international mobile subscriber identity; denying, if the first integrated circuit card identifier and the second integrated circuit card identifier do not match, application of the service credit; and performing, if the first integrated circuit card identifier and the second integrated circuit card identifier match, still further operations comprising: generating and transmitting, to the prepaid system, an apply service credit request and comprising the credit value; and receiving, from the prepaid system, an apply service credit response comprising a notification that the credit value of the service credit has been applied to the new customer account.