Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device-based network service provisioning
- Patent Title (中): 基于设备的网络服务配置
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Application No.: US12648411Application Date: 2009-12-29
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Publication No.: US08948726B2Publication Date: 2015-02-03
- Inventor: Christopher David Smith , David Kruis , Robert V. N. Kline
- Applicant: Christopher David Smith , David Kruis , Robert V. N. Kline
- Applicant Address: CA Waterloo
- Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
- Current Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
- Current Assignee Address: CA Waterloo
- Agency: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
- Main IPC: H04W4/00
- IPC: H04W4/00 ; H04W8/18 ; H04W8/24

Abstract:
A device-based network service provisioning model is provided in which a wireless device facilitates a subscriber to provide provisioning information for activating carrier, value-added or other service provider services automatically. The model facilitates subscriber control while balancing service provider needs. Provisioning components may be provided to a device during a provisioning session to maintain service provider branding, look and feel and other control over a subscriber's experience. Provisioning components may be dynamically generated to capture current services, subscriber plans and particular device criteria. In one embodiment, service provider-side components define a service-oriented interface (e.g. Web services) for receiving a subscriber's provisioning information. Device-side components define an interface to request and receive the provisioning components and to provide provisioning information to the service-oriented interface. A gateway may be interposed between the device and service-oriented interface to provide the provisioning components to the wireless device and proxy provisioning session communications.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100167696A1 DEVICE-BASED NETWORK SERVICE PROVISIONING Public/Granted day:2010-07-01
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