US Patent No: 7,861,009

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Requesting a user account for services

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Abstract

An automated network registration and activation system and method of the present invention automatically configures a communication network device for communicating on a network and automatically handles the communication network registration and activation. In one embodiment a processor automatically configures a device for communicating on a communication network with automated registration and activation on the communication network. In one exemplary implementation, network configuration information includes a network unit device identifier (e.g., a MAN) and the present invention automatically registers and activates a device with a communication network when requested to activate by a user tapping on an activation application or being taken to the activation application.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
PALM, INC.SUNNYVALE, CA861

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Skinner, Craig S - 1 3

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Patent Citation Ranking

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PALM, INC. (2)
8,036,991 Registration of a mobile computing device for a service on a wireless network 0 2009
8,131,888 Activation of mobile computing device on a cellular network 0 2010
 
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. (1)
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