Granted Patent B2

US 10,834,555 · App. 16/379,045 · Granted Nov 10, 2020

Inventors: Joshua Scott Matthews (Baltimore, MD); Ben Leslie (Enmore, AU); Melissa Blanken (Kensington, MD)

Assignee: Apkudo, Inc.

H04W4/50H04W8/245H04W8/265H04W48/04H04W48/18

Abstract

Claims (46)

1. A system for facilitating carrier-specific configuration of user devices, the system comprising a user device that includes one or more physical processors programmed to execute computer program instructions which, when executed, cause the user device to:

store configuration packages comprising sets of carrier-specific parameters for configuring the user device for carrier networks of different carriers;

select one of the carrier networks on which the user device is to be configured to operate;

responsive to the selection of the carrier network, determine whether the stored configuration packages comprise a configuration package that comprises one or more carrier-specific parameters for configuring the user device for the selected carrier network;

responsive to the determination that the stored configuration packages do not comprise the configuration package that comprises the one or more carrier-specific parameters for configuring the user device for the selected carrier network, provide, to a carrier-side computer system on the selected carrier network, a limited access request to the selected carrier network; and

responsive to limited access being granted by the carrier-side computer system based on the limited access request, provide, to the carrier-side computer system, a configuration request for configuring the user device for the selected carrier network, wherein the configuration request comprises a location of the user device.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

responsive to the configuration request, obtain, from the carrier-side computer system, a first configuration package that comprises a set of one or more carrier-specific parameters for configuring the user device for the selected carrier network, the first configuration package being selected based on the location of the user device.

3. The system of from 2 , further comprising:

select a subset of one or more carrier carrier-specific parameters from the set of one or more carrier-specific parameters based on the location of the user device; and

responsive to the selection of the subset of one or more carrier carrier-specific parameters, cause the user device to be configured using the selected subset of one or more carrier carrier-specific parameters.

4. The system of claim 2 , further comprising:

responsive to configuring the user device for further access to the selected network carrier, cause the first configuration package that comprises the set of one or more carrier-specific parameters for configuring the user device for the selected carrier network to be deleted from the user device.

5. The system of claim 2 , further comprising:

select a subset of one or more carrier carrier-specific parameters from the set of the one or more carrier-specific parameters that are supported by the user device to be used to configure the user device; and

responsive to the selection of the subset of one or more carrier carrier-specific parameters, cause the user device to be configured using the selected subset of one or more carrier carrier-specific parameters such that one or more other subsets of one or more carrier carrier-specific parameters that are not supported by the user device are not used to configure the user device.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the limited access request comprises a multi-carrier-recognized access point name that is recognized by the carrier networks of the different carriers for obtaining carrier-specific parameters for configuring the user device via the carrier networks of the different carriers.

7. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

responsive to configuring the user device for further access to the selected network carrier, provide an activation request to the carrier-side computer system on the selected carrier network, wherein the activation request comprises at least one of an identifier for the user device or an identifier for a smart card in the user device.

8. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

responsive to configuring the user device for further access to the selected network carrier, cause one or more of the stored configuration packages that do not comprise the one or more carrier-specific parameters for configuring the user device for the selected carrier network to be deleted from the user device.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the user device stores the configuration packages in a memory of the user device.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the stored configuration packages are pre-stored by a manufacturer of the user device, and wherein the stored configuration packages are pre-stored by the manufacturer of the user device during a manufacturing process, prior to a delivery of the user device to a carrier, or prior to delivery of the user device to a user.

11. A method of facilitating carrier-specific configuration of user devices, the method being implemented by a user device that includes one or more physical processors programmed to execute computer program instructions which, when executed, perform the method:

storing configuration packages comprising sets of carrier-specific parameters for configuring the user device for carrier networks of different carriers;

selecting one of the carrier networks on which the user device is to be configured to operate;

responsive to the selection of the carrier network, determining whether the stored configuration packages comprise a configuration package that comprises one or more carrier-specific parameters for configuring the user device for the selected carrier network;

responsive to the determination that the stored configuration packages do not comprise the configuration package that comprises the one or more carrier-specific parameters for configuring the user device for the selected carrier network, providing, to a carrier-side computer system on the selected carrier network, a limited access request to the selected carrier network; and

responsive to limited access being granted by the carrier-side computer system based on the limited access request, providing, to the carrier-side computer system, a configuration request for configuring the user device for the selected carrier network, wherein the configuration request comprises a location of the user device.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

responsive to the configuration request, obtaining, from the carrier-side computer system, a first configuration package that comprises a set of one or more carrier-specific parameters for configuring the user device for the selected carrier network, the first configuration package being selected based on the location of the user device.

13. The method of from 12 , further comprising:

selecting a subset of one or more carrier carrier-specific parameters from the set of one or more carrier-specific parameters based on the location of the user device; and

responsive to the selection of the subset of one or more carrier carrier-specific parameters, causing the user device to be configured using the selected subset of one or more carrier carrier-specific parameters.

14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

responsive to configuring the user device for further access to the selected network carrier, causing the first configuration package that comprises the set of one or more carrier-specific parameters for configuring the user device for the selected carrier network to be deleted from the user device.

15. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

selecting a subset of one or more carrier carrier-specific parameters from the set of the one or more carrier-specific parameters that are supported by the user device to be used to configure the user device; and

responsive to the selection of the subset of one or more carrier carrier-specific parameters, causing the user device to be configured using the selected subset of one or more carrier carrier-specific parameters such that one or more other subsets of one or more carrier carrier-specific parameters that are not supported by the user device are not used to configure the user device.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the limited access request comprises a multi-carrier-recognized access point name that is recognized by the carrier networks of the different carriers for obtaining carrier-specific parameters for configuring the user device via the carrier networks of the different carriers.

17. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

responsive to configuring the user device for further access to the selected network carrier, providing an activation request to the carrier-side computer system on the selected carrier network, wherein the activation request comprises at least one of an identifier for the user device or an identifier for a smart card in the user device.

18. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

responsive to configuring the user device for further access to the selected network carrier, causing one or more of the stored configuration packages that do not comprise the one or more carrier-specific parameters for configuring the user device for the selected carrier network to be deleted from the user device.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein the user device stores the configuration packages in a memory of the user device.

20. The method of claim 11 , wherein the stored configuration packages are pre-stored by a manufacturer of the user device, and wherein the stored configuration packages are pre-stored by the manufacturer of the user device during a manufacturing process, prior to a delivery of the user device to a carrier, or prior to delivery of the user device to a user.

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