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Activating Wireless Location Web Service

Wireless Location Web Service is ArcWeb's wireless offering that lets you locate your registered cellular phones. Before you use Wireless Location, you should create and test a sample wireless location application. See Wireless Location notes for more information on testing. Once you have successfully created a sample application, register with your cellular provider (Sprint and Bell Mobility at this time) and activate your ArcWeb account for Wireless Location access. Registration includes contacting your service provider, agreeing to their requirements, purchasing the appropriate service if necessary, and giving your provider any additional information they require (such as which phones you plan to locate with ArcWeb). When you have successfully registered, your service provider will give you the access codes you need to activate your ArcWeb account. Activate your access on the Activate Wireless Location page in the My Account section of the ArcWeb site. The registration and activation steps are different for Sprint and Bell Mobility and different depending on your usage, so be sure to follow the section that applies to you.

You must have an active ArcWeb account before activating Wireless Location Web Service. For more information on purchasing ArcWeb Services, see Getting started with ArcWeb Services.

Sprint

Internal business use

These steps assume you are developing a wireless location application for your own use. If you intend to sell your application to other users, follow the steps for third-party application development.

  1. Create a sample wireless location application using the Wireless Location sample code (available in Java, .NET, and ColdFusion) and the sample data source ArcWeb:ESRI.LocationTest.NA. See Wireless Location notes for more information on testing phone numbers. See Code downloads overview to access the sample code. You may also want to view the Wireless Location live sample.

  2. Verify that your cellular phone supports wireless location services. See Wireless Location notes for more information.
  3. Contact Sprint at BSGSupport@Nextel.com to request access to their Mobile Business Application - CDMA. The Sprint Mobile Business Application for Code-Division Multiple Access (CDMA) is part of Sprint's high-performance, multiple-access network that allows you to locate your Sprint phones with third-party wireless services, such as Wireless Location Web Service from ArcWeb Services. Sprint has the authority to deny access to their Mobile Business Application for any reason.

Sprint will contact you to discuss requirements and pricing for their Mobile Business Application. Once you have agreed to the requirements and purchased the service from Sprint, Sprint will provide you a reference number and authorization code. These are sets of characters you enter into your ArcWeb account to activate your access to Wireless Location Web Service.

  1. Access the Activate Wireless Location page in the My Account section of the ArcWeb site.

  2. In the Sprint section, enter the reference number and authorization code Sprint sent you and click Activate.

You will receive a confirmation e-mail after your account has been configured to access Wireless Location Web Service. This process typically takes one or two business days.

  1. Access your account on the Sprint Mobile Business Application portal. Sprint will e-mail you login information to access your account.

  2. Follow the steps on the Sprint Mobile Business Application portal to authorize which phones you want accessed through your ArcWeb wireless location application.

You are now ready to locate your registered wireless phones through ArcWeb Services. See Wireless Location Web Service overview for additional information on getting started.

Third-party application development

These steps assume you are developing a commercial revenue generating application for wireless location services. If your application is for your own internal use, follow the steps for internal business use.

  1. Create a sample wireless location application using the Wireless Location sample code (available in Java, .NET, and ColdFusion) and the sample data source ArcWeb:ESRI.LocationTest.NA. See Wireless Location notes for more information on testing phone numbers. See Code downloads overview to access the sample code. You may also want to view the Wireless Location live sample.

  2. Contact Sprint at Businessdevelopment@sprint.com to request access to their Mobile Business Application - CDMA partner program.The Sprint Mobile Business Application for Code-Division Multiple Access (CDMA) is part of Sprint's high-performance, multiple-access network that allows your customers to locate their Sprint phones through third-party wireless services, such as the Wireless Location Web Service from ArcWeb Services. Sprint has the authority to deny access to their Mobile Business Application partner program for any reason.

Sprint will contact you to discuss requirements for participation in the program. Once you have agreed to the requirements, Sprint will grant you initial access to their Mobile Business Application for testing and marketing purposes only. They will provide you a reference number and authorization code which are sets of characters you enter into your ArcWeb account to activate your access to Wireless Location Web Service.

  1. Access the Activate Wireless Location page in the My Account section of the ArcWeb site.

    In the Sprint section, enter the reference number and authorization code Sprint sent you and click Activate.

You will receive a confirmation e-mail after your account has been configured to access Wireless Location Web Service for testing and marketing purposes. This process typically takes one or two business days.

Before you can sell your wireless location application, your customers must sign a contract with Sprint, give you the reference number and authorization code they received from Sprint, and authorize you to access their cellular phones through ESRI's ArcWeb Services. Be sure that your customers' phones support wireless location services. See Wireless Location notes for more information.

  1. Get the reference number and authorization code from your customers.

  2. Create a unique ArcWeb user name for each of your customers under your ArcWeb account. This is done through the My Account > Manage Users > Invite Other Users section.

  3. Enter each customer's reference number and authorization code on the Activate Wireless Location page. You need to activate each customer separately.

  4. Access your account on the Sprint Mobile Business Application portal. Sprint will e-mail you login information to access your account.

  5. Follow the steps on the Sprint Mobile Business Application portal to authorize which phones you want accessed through your ArcWeb wireless location application.

You are now ready for customers to access your wireless location application.

Bell Mobility

Internal business use

These steps assume you are developing a wireless location application for your own use. If you intend to sell your application to other users, follow the steps for third-party application development.

  1. Create a sample wireless location application using the Wireless Location sample code (available in Java, .NET, and ColdFusion) and the Bell Mobility sample data source ArcWeb:BellMobility.LocationTest.CA with your Bell Mobility phone number. See Wireless Location notes for more information on testing phone numbers. See Code downloads overview to access the sample code. You may also want to view the Wireless Location live sample.

  2. Verify that your cellular phone supports Bell Business Tracking Services. See the Bell Mobility Web site for more information about Bell Business Tracking Services and a list of supported phones.

  3. Contact Bell Mobility to join their Certified Partner program. This program allows you to locate your Bell Mobility phones with wireless location applications.

Bell Mobility will contact you to discuss requirements and pricing for their Certified Partner program. Once you have agreed to the requirements and purchased access to the program, Bell Mobility will provide you a client ID, a password and a service ID. These are sets of characters you enter into your ArcWeb account to activate your access to Wireless Location Web Service. This process typically takes two or three weeks.

  1. Sign the electronic consent sent to you by Bell Mobility.

  2. Access the Activate Wireless Location page in the My Account section of the ArcWeb site.

  3. In the Bell Mobility section, enter the client ID, password and service ID Bell Mobility sent you and click Activate.
  1. Contact Bell Mobility to schedule the final certification and launch of your wireless application.

You are now ready to locate your registered wireless phones through ArcWeb Services. See Wireless Location Web Service overview for additional information on getting started.

Third-party application development

These steps assume you are developing a commercial revenue generating application for wireless location services. If your application is for your own internal use, follow the steps for internal business use.

  1. Create a sample wireless location application using the Wireless Location sample code (available in Java, .NET, and ColdFusion) and the sample data source ArcWeb:ESRI.LocationTest.NA. If you have access (and permission) to a valid Bell Mobility phone number, you can also use with the data source ArcWeb:BellMobility.Location.CA. See Wireless Location notes for more information on testing phone numbers. See Code downloads overview to access the sample code. You may also want to view the Wireless Location live sample.

  2. Contact Bell Mobility to join their Certified Partner program. This program allows you to locate your Bell Mobility phones with wireless location applications.

Bell Mobility will contact you to discuss requirements and pricing for their Certified Partner program. Once you have agreed to the requirements and purchased access to the program, Bell Mobility will provide you a client ID, a password and a service ID. These are sets of characters you enter into your ArcWeb account to activate your access to Wireless Location Web Service. This process typically takes two or three weeks.

  1. Sign the electronic consent sent to you by Bell Mobility.

  2. Access the Activate Wireless Location page in the My Account section of the ArcWeb site.

  3. In the Bell Mobility section, enter the client ID, password and service ID Bell Mobility sent you and click Activate.
  1. Visit the Bell Mobility Developer Web site to learn about Bell Mobility Location-Based Services (LBS) Partner Program which provides various levels of technical support. You do not need to join the LBS Partner Program to sell your wireless application but you must join the program to receive technical support from Bell Mobility.

Before you can sell your wireless location application, your customers must contact Bell Mobility to confirm the pricing for Bell Business Tracking Services and to provision their cellular phones for testing. After your customers have agreed to the requirements and pricing, Bell Mobility provides them unique client IDs, passwords, and service IDs. Be sure that your customers' cellular phones support Bell Business Tracking Service. See the Bell Mobility Web site for more information about Bell Business Tracking Services and a list of supported phones.

  1. Get the unique client ID, password and service ID from each of your customers.

  2. Create a unique ArcWeb user name for each of your customers under your ArcWeb account. This is done through the My Account > Manage Users > Invite Other Users section.

  3. Enter each customer's client ID, password and service ID on the Activate Wireless Location page. You need to activate each customer separately.

  4. If your customer has decided to purchase your application, advise your customer to contact Bell Mobility to schedule the certification of your application. Bell Mobility will work with you to schedule the final certification and launch of your application. This process typically takes two to three weeks.

  5. Once your application is launched, advise the customer to contact Bell Mobility to have new cell phones provisioned to allow your application to be able to locate them. Do not begin locating your customers' cell phones until they have confirmed that they have been provisioned and that they have provided Bell Mobility with the required consent.

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