Patent ID: 8081956

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 at least one mobile device messaging query to the associated mobile device; determining whether at least one messaging response to the at least one messaging query 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 including capabilities of the mobile device user in combination with capabilities of 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 response received from the mobile device associated with the mobile device user; and analyzing the at least one messaging response to determine whether settings on the associated mobile device are optimized for receipt and output of particular formats of promotional material content.