Patent ID: 7778227

Claim:
A method of managing communications between a mobile device and a wireless network, comprising: establishing a first general packet radio service (GPRS) mobile management (MM) context for the mobile device to enable communication with the wireless network; terminating the first GPRS MM context while the mobile device is out of network coverage of any GPRS wireless network; in response to the termination of the first GPRS MM context while the mobile device is out of network coverage of any GPRS wireless network, queuing a first set of data in a local data store associated with the first GPRS MM context, wherein the first set of data includes one or more information transfer data frames that include user data, the user data including at least one of email data, calendar data, voice mail data, and task item data; making a decision to establish a second GPRS MM context to re-establish communication with the wireless network; in response to the establishment of a second GPRS MM context, deleting the first set of data associated with the first GPRS MM context; and queuing a second set of data in the local data store associated with the second GPRS MM context.