Point-of-sale activation of media device account

Details Point-of-sale activation of media device account Point-of-sale activation of media device account

G - Physics

06

F

G06F 1/00 (2006.01) G06F 21/04 (2006.01) G06Q 20/00 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2539211

This method and apparatus may activate removable or portable media devices (or accounts associated therewith), such as flash drives, USB drives, external hard drives, thumb drives, memory cards of various formats (SD, CF, xD, Memory Card Duo), SIM cards, other phone cards, or other devices containing a writable and/or readable memory. The devices may be activated after purchase based on a communication between a central processor and a device or device user. Further, this method and apparatus may activate an account related to a media device at a point-of-sale ("POS"), and may later activate the device by communicating with an account activation processor. Activation and deactivation of the device (or account) may further be based on a confirmation or cancellation of a purchase transaction associated with the device, such as a purchase of the device.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Point-of-sale activation of media device account does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Point-of-sale activation of media device account, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Point-of-sale activation of media device account will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFCA-PAI-O-1861877