Patent ID: 8745653

Claim:
A method for operating a server in an automatic subscription system for delivery of selected media content associated with an affiliate to a wireless device over an existing wireless communication link, the method comprising: receiving authentication and authorization information from the wireless device over the existing wireless communication link to activate the wireless device with the automatic subscription system for delivery of the selected media content; activating the wireless device with the automatic subscription system based upon the received authentication and authorization information; downloading a subscription manager application to the wireless device over the existing wireless communication link in response to activating the wireless device; determining the affiliate associated with the wireless device from a plurality of affiliates based on the authentication and authorization information received from the wireless device, wherein the determined affiliate is not a provider of the existing wireless communication link; identifying an auto-subscribe package comprising the selected media content associated with the affiliate for automatic subscription by the wireless device; generating system information parameters configured to cause the subscription manager application downloaded to the wireless device to automatically determine that the auto-subscribe package comprising the selected media content needs to be automatically subscribed by the wireless device; transmitting the system information parameters to the wireless device over the existing wireless communication link; receiving a subscription request for the auto-subscribe package from the subscription manager application downloaded to the wireless device in response to the transmitted system information parameters; and subscribing the wireless device to receive the auto-subscribe package.