Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automatically provisioning a WWAN device
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Application No.: US12002494Application Date: 2007-12-17
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Publication No.: US08949434B2Publication Date: 2015-02-03
- Inventor: Vivekanand Vellanki , Ishtiyaq Ahmad Sheikh
- Applicant: Vivekanand Vellanki , Ishtiyaq Ahmad Sheikh
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agent John Jardine; Kate Drakos; Micky Minhas
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; H04W48/16 ; H04L12/24 ; H04W4/24 ; H04W8/26 ; H04W76/02 ; H04W84/04

Abstract:
Network connection information is requested by a wireless wide area network device via the internet. Such information may include configuration information, data roaming partner information, and/or cost information regarding roaming partner connection and/or a subscriber plan related to the wireless wide area network. To retrieve the information, the wireless device sends a request to a redirection server, which in turn provides an internet address for a provisioning server, or instructs a provisioning server to provide the network configuration information to the wireless device. A user and/or the wireless device may use the network connection information when deciding whether and/or how to connect to the network. A network provider may use methods disclosed herein to efficiently update wireless devices that subscribe to the network. The network provider may provide selected network connection information based on information regarding the wireless device, such as the user identification.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090158148A1 Automatically provisioning a WWAN device Public/Granted day:2009-06-18
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