System and methods for data communications in a wireless communication system

• US 8,090,363 B2
• Filed: 12/01/2010
• Issued: 01/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Clark, David, Lewis, Allan David, Gilhuly, Barry, Bajar, David, Martsyna, Nataliya, Maurice, Rob
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehrpour, Melody
• Application Number:
  US12/957,977
• Publication Number:
  US 20110076997A1
• Time in Patent Office: 398 Days
• Field of Search: 455/435.1, 455/436, 455/419, 455/433, 455/432, 455/445, 455/440, 455/432.1, 455/418, 455/456.1, 455/434, 455/414.1, 455/466
• US Class Current: 455/419
• 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 data message to be retrieved, the pending data message comprising a body of text;

opening a messaging application at the mobile device subsequent to the receiving of the enable message, the messaging application being configured to receive the pending data message comprising the body of text; and

sending from the mobile device a fetch message to retrieve the pending data message via the messaging application, the sending occurring responsive to the opening of the messaging application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the messaging application is an electronic mail (e-mail) application.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the pending data message is an electronic mail (e-mail) message comprising the body of text.

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

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the opening of the messaging 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 data message to be retrieved, the pending data message comprising a body of text;

opening a messaging application at the mobile device subsequent to the receiving of the enable message, the messaging application being configured to receive the pending data message comprising the body of text;

commencing a data session at the mobile device pursuant to the opening of the messaging application; and

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

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the wherein the pending data message is an electronic mail (e-mail) message comprising the body of text, and the messaging application comprises an e-mail application configured to receive the e-mail message comprising the body of text.

8. A method of wireless communication comprising:

receiving a data message at a host service, the data message being destined for a mobile device and comprising a body of text;

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

receiving the enable message at the mobile device;

opening a messaging application at the mobile device subsequent to receiving the enable message, the messaging application being configured to receive the data message comprising the body of text;

sending from the mobile device a fetch message to retrieve the data message responsive to the opening of the messaging application;

receiving the fetch message at the host service;

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

receiving, at the mobile device via the messaging application, the data message comprising the body of text.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the messaging application is an electronic mail (e-mail) application.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the data message is an electronic mail (e-mail) message comprising the body of text.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the enable message includes an identifier of the data 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 data message from the host service to the mobile device.