System and method for authorizing the activation of a communication device
CA 2487194 C · Owner: Graves, Phillip Craig · Inventors: Graves, Phillip Craig; Smith, Merrill Brooks
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A system and method for authorizing the activation of a communication device is provided. A request to activate a communication device is received by a communication service provider. The communication service provider or a central processor determines whether the communication device was validly sold in a purchase transaction. Alternately the communication service provider can outsource the determining step to a central processor. The communication service provider or central processor determines whether to activate the communication device based on the determining action.
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- Filed November 5, 2004 and granted April 16, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 5, 2024.
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