US 12,081,695 B2
Pair-the-plan system for devices and method of use
Drew S. Johnson, San Jose, CA (US); Robert B. Fultz, Boulder Creek, CA (US); Steven A. Millstein, Dallas, TX (US); Dae Seong Kim, Campbell, CA (US); and John Molise, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Assigned to Aeris Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Aeris Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/488,885.
Application 17/488,885 is a division of application No. 15/599,835, filed on May 19, 2017, granted, now 11,140,274.
Application 15/599,835 is a continuation of application No. 14/274,505, filed on May 9, 2014, granted, now 9,667,806, issued on May 30, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/893,055, filed on Oct. 18, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0021769 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04M 15/00 (2024.01); H04L 12/14 (2024.01); H04W 4/24 (2024.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01)
CPC H04M 15/7652 (2013.01) [H04L 12/1457 (2013.01); H04L 12/1471 (2013.01); H04M 15/60 (2013.01); H04M 15/745 (2013.01); H04M 15/765 (2013.01); H04W 4/24 (2013.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.02); H04W 4/90 (2018.02)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
enrolling a multipurpose device enabled for connectivity to cellular or other wireless service in a cellular subscription and associated billing plan chosen by a second user, wherein the enrollment includes providing an identifier for the enabled multipurpose device to a cellular service provider, effectively adding the enabled multipurpose device to the cellular subscription and associated billing plan; and
allowing the second user to use capabilities of the enabled multipurpose device as governed by the cellular subscription and associated billing plan through a cellular service provider chosen by the second user;
while the enabled multipurpose device is also available for use by a first user via cellular service subscription and associated billing plan through a cellular service provider chosen by the first user,
wherein the multipurpose device is shared simultaneously by the first user and the second user,
wherein the first user is an enterprise user and the usage characteristics of interest to the first user comprise enterprise applications and purposes, and
wherein the second user is a consumer user and the usage characteristics of interest to the second user comprise consumer applications and purposes.