Sprint Communications Comapny L.p.

Mohanakrishnan V Giridharan

Ricky A Hohler

Deepthi Kota

Robert R Roy

Jeffrey S Henshaw

Kathy Ternes

Nagaraj Palaniswamy

Blythe P Cook

Aleksander Koromyslov

Lisa Coleman

Neilesh Nath

A system for ordering a new electronic device is provided with an application programming interface to receive notification of the availability of a new electronic device and to send a selection of a feature for that new electronic device. A database can be coupled to a server to store the selected feature and to store a priority status value assigned to the new electronic device when feature selections are made. The priority status value allows prioritized ordering of a new electronic device. Preferably, one or more new electronic devices are ordered within a pre-determined period after a pre-order opening date, all of which is performed on the application programming interface of an electronic device.

Prioritized ordering system and method

A method of identifying a subscribing customer of a service on a Wi-Fi network is disclosed, the method comprising, in response to selection of an application on a mobile communication device, the application designed to access a service, transmitting either a carrier IP address assigned to the mobile communication device or a media access control address assigned to the mobile communications device, the carrier IP address or media access control address embedded in a payload of an IP datagram over a Wi-Fi network to a server, confirming at the server that the carrier IP address or media access control address belongs to a subscribing customer for the service and that the account of the subscribing customer is in good standing, sending back from the server to the mobile communication device a transmission containing an authentication token, and, granting access to the service to the mobile communication device.

Method to identify a customer on a Wi-Fi network

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Overland Park, KS, United States of America

Mohanakrishnan V Giridharan