AUTHORIZING THE ACTIVATION OF A MOBILE DEVICE BASED ON PURCHASE INFORMATION

    公开(公告)号:HK1163418A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-09-07

    申请号:HK12103386

    申请日:2010-11-10

    Applicant: APPLE INC

    Abstract: A mobile device (501) is manufactured in device factory (502) and shipped for consumer sale to a retail outlet (552). When the mobile device is purchased by a user with a smart card of a carrier A, a carrier A account repository (508) is notified. After the user purchases the mobile device, the user can activate the mobile device by connecting the mobile device to an access device to access a mobile services application (420). The mobile services application sends an authentication request to the account repository to ensure that the user requesting the activation service is the true owner of the mobile device and/or an authorized subscriber of carrier A's telecommunication services. The activation is authorized when information included in the authentication request matches information associated with the mobile device in the account repository.

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