Patent ID: 8856224
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: in response to an action by a first user of a communications system, the action comprising selecting one or more other existing users associated with the first user from a personal list to include the one or more other existing users in an optional communications service involving participation of a plurality of users to which the first user has subscribed, determining whether any of the one or more other existing users are already a subscriber to said optional communications service; automatically initiating a preparation of one or more elements of the communications system to provide the optional communications service to the one or more other existing users of the communications system that are determined not to be a subscriber to said optional communications service, such that when the first user thereafter accesses the optional communications service, the communications system is already prepared for said one or more other existing users to participate in the optional communications service, wherein the communications system creates a subscription to the optional communications service for each of the one or more other existing users that lacks a subscription; and transmitting configuration information to the one or more other existing users to configure user terminals of the one or more other existing users to enable access to said optional communications service.