摘要 |
<p>A system and method for automatically activating a recyclable/disposable telephone using a point-of-sale terminal at a vendor's location and a connection to a carrier's server database system is more convenient and less costly than conventional techniques. A system for activating a mobile telephone comprises of a universal product code or an activation card associated with the mobile telephone, containing activation information needed to activate the mobile telephone, a point-of sale terminal operable to scan the universal product code or activation card associated with the mobile telephone to obtain the activation information, and a point-of-sale central computer operable to forward the activation information to a server database system in order to activate the mobile telephone.</p> |