Patent 7870216 was granted and assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I on January, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An instant message enabled device and method are provided. The method may include accessing at least one control policy for usage of an instant messaging (IM) service using an IM enabled client device. The method may also include installing data related to the at least one control policy at the IM enabled client device to modify functionality of the IM enabled client device to comply with the at least one control policy.