Patent ID: 8320899

Claim:
An installation notification method comprising: an application presence determining step of, based on originating data sent from a terminal, determining whether a particular application in an operator pack is present in the terminal, the particular application being associated with a particular service of a telecommunication carrier, and the originating data corresponding to the particular application and being sent by the terminal; an installation notifying step of, when it is determined in the application presence determining step that the particular application is absent, notifying the terminal of installable information indicating that the particular application is installable; a management information registering step of retaining information of notification in operator pack management information retaining unit when the installation notifying step results in notifying the terminal of the installable information; and an already-notified determining step of determining whether the terminal was already notified of the installable information, based on information retained in the operator pack management information retaining unit, wherein the installation notifying step includes not notifying the terminal of the installable information when it is determined in the already-notified determining step that the terminal was already notified of the installable information.