| 摘要 |
<p>This method and apparatus may activate removable or portable media devices (20) (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 (20) may be activated after purchase based on a communication between a central processor (6) and a device (20) or device user. Further, this method and apparatus may activate an account related to a media device (20) at a point-of-sale ("P0S"), and may later activate the device (20) by communicating with an account activation processor (2). Activation and deactivation of the device (20) (or account) may further be based on a confirmation or cancellation of a purchase transaction associated with the device (20), such as a purchase of the device.</p> |
