Patent ID: 7113765

Claim:
A method for a wireless service provider to enforce singularly invoking of an application when the wireless service provider charges a subscriber a single subscription fee for use of an application and permits the application to be invoked singularly through one of a plurality of wireless communications devices each associated with the subscriber, comprising the steps of: receiving a selection for a selected application from at least one of the plurality of wireless communications devices; sending the selected application to at least one of the plurality of wireless communications devices; recording information regarding a use status of the selected application over the plurality of wireless communications devices; receiving an activation request for the selected application from a requesting wireless communications device; checking whether the selected activation is in use over the plurality of wireless communications devices; if the selected application is in use, sending a failure message to the requesting wireless communications device, thereby causing the requesting wireless device to not execute the selected application; and if the selected application is not in use, recording the selected application as being in use on the requesting wireless communication device, and sending an activation to the requesting wireless communications device, thereby permitting the requesting wireless device to execute the selected application.