Patent ID: 8112068

Claim:
A method for delivering a notification to a wireless device via a wireless communications network where the wireless device provider has a first and a second wireless technology types, the method comprising: attempting to communicate a notification from a notification processor to the wireless device via the first technology type; receiving an error signal indicating that the wireless device is not reachable; sending a delivery notification to a location registry, wherein the delivery notification is logged by the location registry; receiving updated location information that the wireless device is reachable; alerting the notification processor that the wireless device is reachable; receiving routing for the wireless device from the location registry via the notification processor; forwarding the delivery notification to the wireless device; receiving an error signal that the communication attempt has failed; attempting to communicate the notification to the wireless device via the second technology type, which includes: requesting routing for the wireless device from a location registry of the second technology type, receiving routing for the wireless device from the location registry of the second type, and sending the notification to the wireless device via the second technology type; and receiving a delivery signal that the second communication attempt was successful; logging of the second technology type of the wireless device as a default technology protocol to be used in the future.