Patent ID: 7130619
Filing Date: 2006-10-31
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. In a wireless communication system wherein a call is established between a mobile unit and one or more participating units, the communication system maintaining a database of session information associated with a plurality of suspended calls, the session information including indicia of one or more participating units for each of the suspended calls, and wherein a service interruption is detected to the mobile unit during the call, yielding a suspended call session, a method comprising: monitoring for a reconnect message issued from the mobile unit, defining a mobile-originated reconnect (MORC) message, the MORC message defining a request for reconnection to the suspended call session exclusive of a call origination; and if a MORC message is received before expiration of a waiting period, reconnecting the mobile unit to the suspended call session, yielding a connected call the step of reconnecting comprising: retrieving session information associated with the suspended call session of the mobile unit, yielding retrieved information; and reconnecting the mobile unit to the one or more participating units identified in the retrieved information.