Patent ID: 8798618

Claim:
A server, comprising: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: determining whether a device capability data for one mobile station out of a plurality of mobile stations indicates that an associated international mobile station equipment identity is the same as a received international mobile equipment identity that is received with a subscriber identity module data, the device capability data associating the associated international mobile equipment identity of the mobile station with a plurality of functional capabilities of the mobile station, identifying a new functional capability associated with the received international mobile equipment identity but not associated with the associated international mobile equipment identity upon determining that the received international mobile equipment identity is not the same as the associated international mobile equipment identity, and initiating configuration of the mobile station to support the new functional capability upon determining that the received international mobile equipment identity is not the same as the associated international mobile equipment identity, wherein a determination of whether the device capability data for the received international mobile equipment identity is associated with the new functional capability is not performed upon determining that the received international mobile equipment identity is the same as the associated international mobile equipment identity.