Patent ID: 8185088

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving, by a system comprising at least one processor, an indication that an applicant is eligible to lease a device that accesses resources in a wireless network; configuring, by the system, a lease agreement associated with the device, in response to the receiving; and provisioning, by the system, a component, local to the device, that regulates the lease agreement, in response the lease agreement being executed by the applicant, wherein the provisioning includes: determining an applicant-specific operational profile, which includes a setting, associated with a function of the device, that is indicative of a preference of the applicant as a lessee; delivering the applicant-specific operational profile to the device; receiving, from a service node, an operational profile that is employed to augment the applicant-specific operational profile; delivering the augmented applicant-specific operational profile to the device; and synchronizing the augmented applicant-specific operational profile with a network external to the wireless network.