Method and apparatus for new subscriber access to telephony features

摘要

A method and apparatus for gaining access to communication services includes receiving an initial inquiry for communication service access, collecting equipment information based upon the initial inquiry, sending a non-voice communication to said equipment and receiving a request from said equipment to obtain communication service access. The apparatus includes a system having one or more controllers for performing communication service access.

主权项

1. A method for providing access to packet-enabled services comprising:
receiving an initial inquiry for packet-enabled service access from a mobile device; collecting equipment information regarding the mobile device responsive to receiving the initial inquiry; sending a non-voice communication to the mobile device where the non-voice communication comprises packet-enabled mobile device connection information generated using the collected equipment information; receiving a request from the mobile device to provide the packet-enabled service access, wherein the request is associated with the packet-enabled mobile device connection information sent to the mobile device; and negotiating a packet-enabled service session across a packet based network for the mobile device using the packet-enabled service access provided to the mobile device responsive to the request.