Patent ID: 9654945
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. An electronic device, comprising: a radio circuit that establishes wireless communications over a connection that supports short message service (SMS) messaging and a connection that supports instant message (IM) messaging; and a control circuit that executes a messaging client such that the electronic device is configured to: (a) receive user entry of a message and a command to send the message; (b) determine that IM messaging is not available at a time that the command to send the message is received; (c) in response to the command to send the message and the determination that IM messaging is not available, determine whether IM messaging becomes available within a prescribed time period following the time that the command to send the message is received; (d) when IM messaging does not become available within the prescribed time period following the time that the command to send the message is received, transmit the message by SMS messaging; (e) when IM messaging becomes available within the prescribed time period following the time that the command to send the message is received, transmit the message by IM messaging.