Patent ID: 7962159

Claim:
A method of receiving data on a portable communications device, comprising the steps of: providing a portable communications device having a short message service (SMS) capability for receiving SMS messages over a first, cellular phone network, and a data modem for receiving data over a second, computer network, the data modem having active and dormant stages, and wherein the portable communications device is in the dormant stage; a separate device sending an initial message to the portable communications device; said separate device recognizing that the portable communications device is in the dormant stage; said separate device, in response to recognizing that the portable communications device is in dormant stage, sending a pre-defined coded SMS wake-up message to the portable communications device to switch the data modem of the portable communications device from the dormant stage to active stage; the portable communications device receiving the pre-defined coded SMS wake-up message over the first, cellular phone network from the separate device; the portable communications device, in response to receiving said pre-defined coded SMS wake-up message, recognizing said pre-defined coded SMS message, and switching said data modem of the portable communications device from said dormant stage to said active stage; and after said switching, the portable communications device receiving data from said separate device, through said data modem and over the second, computer network.