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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2019
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
At&t Mobility Ii Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Cricket Wireless Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Tina Steeley, Atlanta, GA (US);
Dennis Duffy, Decatur, GA (US);
Vadim Nerovnia, Cumming, GA (US);
Kenneth Hughes, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Andre Lakhansingh, Woodstock, GA (US);
Derek Baylor, Mableton, GA (US);
Umair Rabbani, Atlanta, GA (US);
Jacqueline Levy Johnson, Atlanta, GA (US);
Chris Denton Morris, Atlanta, GA (US);
Elizabeth Petronella Grimbergen, Decatur, GA (US);
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
CRICKET WIRELESS LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
AT&T MOBILTY II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for receiving, from a mobile device, a request to register with a mobility network, the mobile device including a partially-activated subscriber identification module (SIM); determining that the partially-activated SIM qualifies for on-device activation; in response to determining that the partially-activated SIM qualifies for on-device activation, providing a short message service (SMS) message to the mobile device through the mobility network, the SMS message including a uniform resource locator (URL); in response to activation of the URL, providing, to the mobile device, access to an activation portal web page associated with the URL, wherein SIM data and device data are automatically provided to the activation portal web page; and receiving, from the mobile device, activation data, and in response, activating the SIM and provisioning the mobile device within the mobility network.