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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 18, 2018
Applicant:

Tracfone Wireless, Inc., Miami, FL (US);

Inventors:

David Brooks, Miami, FL (US);

Sergio Rivera, Miami, FL (US);

Assignee:

TracFone Wireless, Inc., Miami, FL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 (2015.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 12/08 (2009.01); H04W 8/26 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/183 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04W 8/265 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system a system for activating a wireless service includes a subscriber identity module (SIM) card having a first surface, the SIM card including a subscriber identity module (SIM), and an activation code stored with the SIM card. The activation code is linked to the SIM. A wireless device configured to receive the SIM, where the SIM is configured to be utilized in the wireless device, the wireless device including: a memory that stores an operating system of the wireless device and a wireless service activation application, a processor that processes a function of the wireless device, a display that displays information to a user, the wireless service activation application is configured to capture the activation code that authorizes the wireless device on a wireless network and authorizes a predetermined amount of wireless service for the wireless device associated with said SIM.


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