System And Methods For Data Communications In A Wireless Communication System

• US 20110076997A1
• Filed: 12/01/2010
• Published: 03/31/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Gilhuly, Barry, Clark, David, Maurice, Rob, Martsyna, Nataliya, Bajar, David, Lewis, Allan David
• Granted Patent: US 8,090,363 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/142 Managing session states for stateless protocols; Signalling session states; State transitions; Keeping-state mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/06 Registration at serving network Location Register, VLR or user mobility server
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method of operating a mobile device comprises receiving an enable message at the mobile device, the enable message being indicative of a pending message to be retrieved; opening an application at the mobile device subsequent to the receiving of the enable message; and sending a fetch message to retrieve the pending message, the sending occurring pursuant to the opening of the application.

Claims

1. A method of operating a mobile device comprising:

receiving an enable message at the mobile device, the enable message being indicative of a pending message to be retrieved;

opening an application at the mobile device subsequent to the receiving of the enable message; and

sending a fetch message to retrieve the pending message, the sending occurring pursuant to the opening of the application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the application is a messaging application.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the pending message is a data message.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the enable message includes an identifier of the pending message.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the opening of the application commences a data session.

6. A method of operating a mobile device comprising:

receiving an enable message at the mobile device, the enable message being indicative of a pending message to be retrieved;

commencing a data session at the mobile device subsequent to the receiving of the enable message; and

sending a fetch message to retrieve the pending message, the sending occurring pursuant to the commencing of the data session.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the commencing of the data session is pursuant to the opening of an application.

8. A method of wireless communication comprising:

receiving a message at a host service, the message being destined for a mobile device;

sending an enable message from the host service to the mobile device, the enable message being indicative of the message;

receiving the enable message at the mobile device;

opening an application at the mobile device subsequent to receiving the enable message;

sending a fetch message to retrieve the message subsequent to the opening of the application;

receiving the fetch message at the host service;

sending the message from the host service to the mobile device in response to the received fetch message; and

receiving the message at the mobile device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the application is a messaging application.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the pending message is a data message.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the enable message includes an identifier of the pending message.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein additional enable messages are only sent from the host service to the mobile device after the fetch message has been received by the host service.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

opening a data session pursuant to the opening of the application; and

using the data session for the sending of the message from the host service to the mobile device.