System and Method for Managing Information Handling System Wireless Network Provisioning

Abstract

Information handling systems are built to order with provisioned wireless wide area network (WWAN) service coordinated through a WWAN network provider as part of the manufacture of the information handling system. A WWAN component is built into the information handling system and then queried to retrieve a WWAN identifier, such as ESM or SIM information. The identifier is associated with end user information of the information handling system and formatted as a request for WWAN provisioning sent to a network service provider. The network service provider applies the WWAN identifier and end user information to contact the end user for setting up a WWAN account or, alternatively, to automatically set up a WWAN account for the end user.

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         16 . A method for building an information handling system having provisioned wireless networking service, the method comprising:
 assembling plural processing components in a housing, the processing components configured to process information and including at least one wireless networking component;   associating end user information with the information handling system;   reading identification information from the wireless networking component; and   applying the end user information and identification information to formulate a request for provisioning wireless networking service from a wireless networking provider.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16  further comprising:
 sending the request to the wireless networking provider; and 
 applying the end user information by the wireless networking provider to contact the end user for setting up an account for access of the wireless networking component. 
 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 16  further comprising:
 sending the request to the wireless networking provider; and 
 applying the end user information by the wireless networking provider to automatically create an account for access of the wireless networking component. 
 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18  further comprising:
 sending confirmation information from the wireless networking provider through the wireless network to the wireless networking component to confirm the provisioning of the account. 
 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19  wherein the wireless network comprises a wireless telephone network.