Patent ID: 8370439

Claim:
A system for activating communication, comprising: a target device, including: an interface device that is operative to communicate over a network; a processor device that is operative to execute instruction that perform a plurality of actions, including: sending a user identifier (ID), target device data, and an activation indicator indicating whether auto-initiation is enabled; and a server device that includes another interface device to communicate over the network and another processor device that is operative to execute instructions that perform a plurality of actions, comprising: receiving from the target device the activation indicator, user ID, and target device data; storing the target device data and activation indictor for the user ID; receiving from a computer device the user ID and an instruction to logout of a current messaging session; upon determining that the activation indicator for the user ID indicates an automatic initiation of a messaging client on the target device, using the stored target device data to send a wakeup message to the target device to automatically initiate the messaging client and establish a new messaging session on the target device; and routing messages between the target device and a third party device for the newly established messaging session, wherein the activation indicator, user ID and target device data is received during a login operation on the target device.