Patent ID: 7606562

Claim:
A method for granting a mobile device user with rights to one or more services using an associated mobile device, the method comprising: initiating, in a network element, transmission of a plurality of mobile device messaging queries to the associated mobile device, wherein the plurality of messaging queries is ordered so that an earlier transmitted messaging query is of a messaging format and/or has content different than the messaging format and/or content of a later transmitted messaging query; determining whether at least one messaging response to the plurality of messaging queries has been received from the mobile device user using the associated mobile device, said at least one messaging response including data generated based on information input to the mobile device by the mobile device user in response to the messaging query; analyzing the at least one messaging response to determine user profile information for the mobile device user and the associated mobile device; granting the mobile device user with rights to one or more services using the associated mobile device based on the analysis of the at least one messaging received from the mobile device associated with the mobile device user; wherein, if no mobile device query response is received the method further comprises: transmitting at least one additional messaging query to the at least one mobile device in a messaging format that is less advanced than previously transmitted messaging queries; and determining whether the mobile device user has responded to the any messaging query prior to granting the mobile device user with rights to one or more services; and wherein analysis of messaging responses for a plurality of mobile device users is performed to generate data providing an indication of which message formats are most effective for eliciting messaging responses.