Patent ID: 7711802
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for activating a non-SMS device connectable to an IP-based network, comprising the steps of: receiving an activation message at a non-SMS device over an IP-based messaging protocol, the non-SMS device comprising a mobile communications device that is unable to receive an SMS communication over a signaling system 7 (“SS7”) signaling channel, the activation message comprising a server initiated action (“SIA”) message identifier and an initiation command embedded in the activation message, the initiation command comprising an action for execution on the non-SMS device, wherein the action of the initiation command is auxiliary to the IP-based messaging protocol; determining whether the activation message comprises the SIA message identifier; preventing display of the activation message to a user in response to the activation message comprising the SIA message identifier; parsing the activation message to locate the embedded initiation command in response to the activation message comprising the SIA message identifier; and automatically initiating the action of the initiation command in the activation message in response to the activation message comprising the SIA message identifier.