Point-of-sale activation of media device account
CA 2539211 C · Owner: Graves, Philip Craig · Inventors: Graves, Philip Craig
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A method of activating at least one feature stored in a media device comprises storing at an intermediate central processor device information identifying a specific media device provided or serviced by a provider of goods or services; receiving at the intermediate central processor the device identifier information , from the merchant terminal received following a purchase of the media device at , the merchant terminal; upon receipt of the device identifier information registering the sale of the specific media device at the intermediate central processor; receiving the intermediate central processor request to activate at least one feature stored in the specific media device; upon …
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- Filed March 10, 2006 and granted August 21, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 10, 2026.
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