Patent ID: 8285314

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for confirming a short message of an electronic device, the electronic device in communication with a network, the electronic device comprising a short message service (SMS) unit and a timer, the method comprising: (a) setting variables to confirm the short message has been received from the network, and enabling the timer to time a duration when the electronic device is powered on; (b) assigning predetermined values to the variables; (c) acquiring the values of the variables at a predetermined interval; (d) determining whether the electronic device attempts to access the network according to the acquired values of the variables; (e) sending a data burst message (DBM) including the short message to the network and waiting for an acknowledged DBM from the network, and disabling the timer, upon the condition that the electronic device attempts to access the network and the short message needs to be sent to the network; or (f) queuing up the DBM in the electronic device, upon the condition that the electronic device does not attempt to access the network, the duration has not elapsed, and the short message needs to send to the network; and (g) receiving the acknowledged DBM from the network.