Patent ID: 7876719

Claim:
A method for facilitating providing of an IMS, IP Multimedia Subsystem, service, by a wireless network to a wireless, circuit switched connected UE, User-Equipment, device, said method comprising the operations of: detecting at the wireless network a UE-generated initiation message having network-decodable information that, when decoded, populates an initiation message for forwarding to an associated service node for configuring and managing IMS services, contents of the information being representative of a request for the IMS service to be provided from said associated service node through said network to the UE device; and encoding at the wireless network for forwarding to the UE device an initiation response message having UE-decodable information, said encoding responsive to receipt of a response message responsively generated at said associated service node to receipt of said forwarded initiation message at said associated service node the initiation response message being for facilitating the providing of said IMS service to the UE device by the associated service node.