Abstract: A method enabling rapid creation of combinational applications for deployment on handheld communication devices and/or customer premises equipment (CPE), which requires abstraction of platform, network and user interface capabilities for a plurality of handheld communication device and/or CPE in the form of AIBs and thereby devising steps that enables creation of combinational applications rapidly by configuring the AIBS employing an off-line environment, thus enabling rapid creation of combinational applications for deployment on handheld communication devices and/or customer premises equipment (CPE) independent of underlying networks and platforms of the same.

Abstract: A method enabling the detection of stolen mobile communication devices by configuring a Centralized Equipment Identification Register (C-EIR) (120), identifying the Equipment Identification Numbers of stolen mobile communication devices, storing the Equipment Identification Numbers of stolen mobile communication devices in a repository (380) and enabling third party retrieval of the Equipment Identification Numbers of stolen mobile communication devices thus enabling detection of the stolen mobile communication devices and related systems.

Abstract: A push-to-talk/push-to-video based communication system configured to implement a plurality of games, including group games and methods thereof. A game controller in communication over an access network with a push-to-talk/push-to-video server, and plurality of push-to-talk/push-to-video clients implements group games in the PTT/PTV based communication network. Game controller has a first game control means, a game authentication means, a billing means, a second game control means, and a local storage means. A group management server enables receiving and storing of user information and a presence server maintains presence information.