Patent ID: 8571525

Claim:
A method, comprising steps of: upon receipt of a request, of a customer of a carrier providing mobile communication service through a mobile communication network of the carrier, to make a change to a mobile station of the customer, communicating from a system of the carrier and over the air through the mobile communication network with a subscriber device management application configured for carrier control of features of the customer's mobile station, running on the customer's mobile station, to cause the subscriber device management application to attempt to change an operational control parameter of the customer's mobile station, via the over the air communication; determining an outcome of the attempted change of the operational control parameter of the customer's mobile station; identifying another mobile station associated with the customer; and sending a mobile messaging service message to the customer submitting the request to make the change to the mobile station, providing notification of the outcome of the attempted change of the operational control parameter of the customer's mobile station, from a system of the carrier and over the air through the mobile communication network addressed to the other mobile station associated with the customer.