Apparatus for configuring a user device for communication with a communication server and method thereof

An apparatus for enabling communication between a user device and a communication server, the apparatus comprising:

• a communication port;
• a storage device storing a plurality of software instructions;
• and
• one or more processors coupled to the communication port and the storage device;
• wherein, by the one or more processors executing the software instructions loaded from the storage device, the one or more processors are thereby configured to:
• receive a device identifier of the user device;
• search a device-to-token database in order to determine whether the device identifier is currently associated with any device communication token;
• in response to determining that the device identifier is not associated with any device communication token, send a message to the user device to thereby cause the user device to activate a predetermined application;
• receive a device communication token of the predetermined application from the user device after the predetermined application has been activated;
• store a mapping of the device communication token with the device identifier in the device-to-token database for future use, wherein the mapping represents an association of the device identifier with the device communication token that is utilized by the one or more processors in determining whether the user device is authorized to communicate with the communication server;
• create a communication account for the user device on the communication server;
• and
• send a login credential for the communication account to the user device in a notification message transmitted via a message server, the notification message addressed by the device communication token to the predetermined application on the user device;
• wherein, the predetermined application on the user device receives the notification message from the message server, and thereafter automatically logs in to the communication server according to the login credential included in the notification message.