Patent ID: 8369850

Claim:
A server for use with a plurality of mobile stations each having an international mobile equipment identity (“IMEI”) and a plurality of functional capabilities, the server comprising: a programmed routine configured to determine whether a device capability data for one of the plurality of mobile stations indicates the associated IMEI is the same as the IMEI that is received with a SIM data to the programmed routine, the device capability data associating an associated IMEI of each mobile station with a plurality of functional capabilities of the mobile station, identify at least one new functional capability associated with the IMEI but not associated with the associated IMEI upon determining the IMEI is not the same as the associated IMEI, and initiate configuration of the mobile station to support the at least one new functional capability upon determining the IMEI is not the same as the associated IMEI, wherein a determination of whether the device capability data for the IMEI is associated with at least one new functional capability not associated with the associated IMEI is not performed upon determining the IMEI is the same as the associated IMEI.