Patent ID: 8849913

Claim:
A method of remotely activating a non-native IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) application of an electronic device, comprising: receiving at least one of a general IMS availability registration from the electronic device or a native IMS application registration from the electronic device; responding to the general IMS availability registration or the native IMS application registration by checking a database that associates IMS applications with the electronic device from which the registration was received and identifying a non-native IMS application corresponding to the electronic device from which the registration was received for remote activation; transmitting an activation trigger for the identified non-native IMS application to the electronic device from which the registration was received; and receiving an IMS application registration for the identified non-native IMS application corresponding to the electronic device from which the registration was received and registering the identified non-native IMS application; and wherein the activation trigger is a wireless application protocol (WAP) push; and wherein plural non-native IMS applications associated with the electronic device are identified and activation triggers are transmitted for each identified non-native IMS application, the activation triggers transmitted without waiting for registration of the non-native IMS application associated with any one of the activation triggers.