Patent ID: 7366093

Claim:
A method for use in reducing undeliverable server-initiated IP traffic within a wireless communication network through which server-initiated IP messages are pushed, over a data connection, from a host server adapted to operate outside of the wireless communication network to a mobile station adapted to operate in the wireless communication network, the method comprising the acts of: identifying a termination of the data connection in response to the data connection being lost; in response to the act of identifying the termination of the data connection: causing an asynchronous Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) notification message to be produced, the asynchronous ICMP notification message being formatted in accordance with ICMP and having a destination address corresponding to the host server outside of the wireless communication network; and causing the asynchronous ICMP notification message formatted in accordance with ICMP to be sent to the host server for indicating the termination of the data connection.