Patent ID: 8843570

Claim:
A method of enabling a service at a communication network node, said method comprising: receiving a first request from a first user requesting for one or more operations to be associated with a symbol said request comprising an instruction identifying said one or more operations and an administrator identity identifying said first user as an administrator of the service, generating a unique symbol identity, creating a symbol record associated with said symbol identity, the symbol record comprising said symbol identity, said one or more operations associated with said symbol identity, and said administration identity, associating said symbol identity with said symbol that is created by a symbol server, forwarding said symbol to said first user, receiving a second request comprising said symbol from an initiator of said second request, retrieving the symbol identity corresponding to said symbol from said symbol server, obtaining authorization from said first user in order to execute said service, and enabling said service by executing said one or more operations according to the symbol record identified by said symbol identity, wherein said service comprises updating a presence of said initiator of said second request.