request is transmitted from the wireless device 30 through the network 18 to an activation gateway 14 in response to receipt of the activation request the activation gateway reconciles the appropriate information into an authorization request as indicated by arrow 84 the activation gateway 14 transmits the authorization request to the message server 22 the message server 22 reformats the appropriate information into a transaction request as indicated by arrow 86 the message 22 sends the transaction request to a transaction exchange 80 which may be a transaction exchange server or other appropriate element for conducting the transaction the transaction exchange 80 may be accessed through the wireless network as indicated or otherwise the transaction exchange 80 processes the transaction which may be approved or denied in some cases additional information may be sought from the subscriber or information may simply be provided to the subscriber after processing the transaction the transaction exchange 80 creates a transaction response which may include a specific response code to indicate the result of the transaction processing in addition the transaction response may include information related to the transaction exchange such as warranty delivery or other information or questions for the subscriber as indicated by arrow 88 the.