Patent ID: 8503300
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a server, information that indicates that a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection is established by a mobile device between the mobile device and the server; starting, by the server, a timer when data is sent over the TCP connection that is established by the mobile device; receiving, by the server and from the mobile device, an identifier to allow the server to communicate with the mobile device via an alternate channel that is different from the TCP connection after the TCP connection established by the mobile device is closed, determining, by the server and based on the timer, that new data is not sent within a first particular time period, closing, by the server, the TCP connection established by the mobile device based on the server determining that new data is not sent within the first particular time period; determining, by the server and after the server closes the TCP connection established by the mobile device, that the server has additional data for the mobile device; sending, by the server and based on the identifier, an indicator to the mobile device via the alternate channel after determining that the server has the additional data for the mobile device, sending, by the server and via the new TCP connection, the additional data to the mobile device after the mobile device establishes the new TCP connection based on the indicator.