Patent ID: 6999749

Claim:
A wireless communication system, comprising: wireless communication provider equipment, comprising a storage device that stores provider software applications and data, including an event manager application and a short message service controller (SMSC) application; a wireless communication device coupled to the provider equipment, comprising, more than one software application, including native applications and downloaded applications, wherein the downloaded applications are individually configured by a wireless device user, including defining user preferences; an event catalog that stores a list of user-specified events; and an event registry that stores relationships between events and actions, wherein the relationships between the events and the actions are based at least in part on at least some of the defined user preferences, wherein the wireless device receives notification of an event from the SMSC of the provider equipment, wherein the event is not associated with a load condition of the provider equipment, and wherein at least one of the downloaded applications automatically performs one or more of the actions in response to the event.