The method involves transmitting (315) a generated authentication certificate to a user equipment of a non-subscriber user, and receiving (320) the certificate from the equipment of the non-subscriber user by an application server. Validity of the received authentication certificate is determined (325) in accordance with an identifier of a subscriber user. The identifier of the subscriber user is transmitted (330) if the received authentication certificate is valid, where the identifier of the subscriber user is used to initiate a service of the server. Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) a method for sending a request for initiating a service of an application server (2) a method for accepting a request for initiating a service of an application server (3) a computer program comprising a set of instructions for implementing a method for initiating a service of an application server (4) a co-optation system for initiating a service of an application server (5) a device for sending a request for initiating a service of an application server (6) a device for accepting a request for initiating a service of an application server.
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