IP Library Granted Patent US 8,886,170
Granted Patent B2
US 8,886,170 · App. 13/308,135 · Granted Nov 11, 2014

Systems and methods for managing services for carrier subscribers and migrating them to service bundles

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Patent No.
US 8,886,170
App. No.
13/308,135
Granted
Nov 11, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is disclosed a system and method for managing service for carrier subscribers and migrating them to service bundles. In an embodiment, the method comprises obtaining a list of existing services to which a subscriber is subscribed; comparing the list of services to available service bundles; and determining if there is an exact match of services between the list of existing services and services included in one or more available service bundles, and if so, migrating the subscriber to the one or more available service bundles with the exact match. A subscriber may be manually migrated if migration is not possible with an exact match or partial match.

Claims (30)

1. A method of migrating carrier subscribers to service bundles, comprising:

obtaining a list of existing services provisioned to a subscriber;

comparing the list of existing services provisioned to a subscriber to available service bundles;

determining if there is an exact match of services between the list of existing services provisioned to a subscriber and services included in one or more of the available service bundles, and if so, migrating the subscriber to the one or more of the available service bundles with the exact match;

identifying a main service in the list of existing services;

determining if there is a partial match of services between the main service and a service included in one or more of the available service bundles, and if so, migrating the subscriber to the one or more of the available service bundles with the partial match; and

defining a new service bundle if a subscriber cannot be migrated with an exact match or a partial match.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising maintaining a supplier provisioning system database with assigned service bundle information for each subscriber.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising maintaining in a supplier provisioning system database the available service bundles for each carrier.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising provisioning services for each subscriber as determined by the subscriber's carrier's available service bundle.

5. A system for migrating carrier subscribers to service bundles, comprising:

means for obtaining a list of existing services provisioned to a subscriber;

means for comparing the list of existing services provisioned to a subscriber to available service bundles;

means for determining if there is an exact match of services between the list of existing services provisioned to a subscriber and services included in one or more of the available service bundles, and if so, migrating the subscriber to the one or more of the available service bundles with the exact match;

means for identifying a main service in the list of existing services;

means for determining if there is a partial match of services between the main service and a service included in one or more of the available service bundles, and if so, migrating the subscriber to the one or more of the available service bundles; and

means for defining a new service bundle if a subscriber cannot be migrated with an exact match or a partial match.

6. The system of claim 5 , further comprising means for maintaining a supplier provisioning system database with assigned service bundle information for each subscriber.

7. The system of claim 5 , further comprising means for maintaining in a supplier provisioning system database the available service bundles for each carrier.

8. The system of claim 7 , further comprising means for provisioning services for each subscriber as determined by the subscriber's carrier's available service bundle.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer code that when processed adapts one or more systems to provide a method of migrating carrier subscribers to service bundles, the computer readable medium comprising:

code for obtaining a list of existing services provisioned to a subscriber;

code for comparing the list of existing services provisioned to a subscriber to available service bundles;

code for determining if there is an exact match of services between the list of existing services provisioned to a subscriber and services included in one or more of the available service bundles, and if so, migrating the subscriber to the one or more of the available service bundles with the exact match;

code for identifying a main service in the list of existing services;

code for determining if there is a partial match of services between the main service and a service included in one or more of the available service bundles, and if so, migrating the subscriber to the one or more of the available service bundles with the partial match; and

code for defining a new service bundle if a subscriber cannot be migrated with an exact match or a partial match.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , further comprising code for maintaining a supplier provisioning system database with assigned service bundle information for each subscriber.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , further comprising code for maintaining in a supplier provisioning system database the available service bundles for each carrier.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising code for provisioning services for each subscriber as determined by the subscriber's carrier's available service bundle.

Assignments (4)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jun 19, 2023
From: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
To: MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064269/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2023
From: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
To: MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064104/0103 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 13, 2014
From: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
To: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 033541/0704 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2011
From: ROTH, RONALD; TAYLOR, CYNTHIA; CHIN, JIA-LIN
To: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
Reel/Frame 027301/0084 →