Patent ID: 8670706
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A method for delivering a message to a communication device in a satellite communication network, the method comprising: an application gateway receiving a confirmation from a satellite network gateway that the message is intended for the communication device, the confirmation indicating that the message was received by the satellite network gateway and is pending delivery to the communication device; in response to receiving the confirmation, the application gateway determining, based on a device status data associated with the communication device, whether the communication device is listening for a notification from the satellite communication network, wherein the device status data is available to the application gateway without interacting with the communication device and wherein the device status data comprises at least a listening status indicating that the communication device is available to receive the notification; if the application gateway determines that the communication device is not listening for the notification, the application gateway determining, based on the device status data, a scheduled time to send the notification to the communication device; and the application gateway instructing the satellite network gateway to send the notification to the communication device at the scheduled time, wherein, upon receipt of the notification by the communication device, the notification is adapted to cause the communication device to request the message from the satellite network gateway.