How do I re-register my MacBook in my name, rather than the previous owner?

I just purchased a older MacBook, i've reinstalled the OS X Yosemite and did the whole factory reset thing, the previous owner's account, apps and information has all been completely wiped.. How ever I think the MacBook is still some how registered to the previous owner... My iPhone sees it still being named the name the previous owner gave it? I'm trying to set up the whole "text and receive calls from my MacBook" but I think that it still being registered to the previous owner is not allowing me to use this feature. Can anyone tell me what I need to do to make sure the previous owner is in no way tied to my new MacBook? and how I can "re-register it" into my name?
Not sure if my questions makes a lot of sense or not, but anything helpful would be appreciated!
-Andrew

You restored OS X from the previous owners recovery partition. That Mac shipped with OS X Snow Leopard and unless you have the original discs you'll need to buy a retail copy of SL http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard and use it to completely erase the hard drive and reinstall OS X as a new Mac That can be registered to you. Once you upgrade to 10.6.8 you can then upgrade to Yosemite for free.

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