Patent ID: 8005459

Claim:
A method in a wireless mobile device for use in enabling service sessions with a host service via a wireless network, the wireless mobile device including a user input/output (I/O) subsystem which provides a display and a keypad, the method comprising the steps of: detecting, at the wireless mobile device, a user-initiated logoff trigger for logging off from an enabled service session with the host service, the enabled service session being utilized for a communication of data messages between the host service and the wireless mobile device via the wireless network; in response to detecting the user-initiated logoff trigger for logging off from the enabled service session with the host service, the wireless mobile device performing the following acts: prompting with, in the display, an entry screen having at least one field for entry of at least one login credential for use in logging on to a subsequent service session with the host service; receiving, via the user I/O subsystem, as entered in the at least one field of the, entry screen, the at least one login credential in response to the prompting, and causing the at least one received login credential entered in the at least one field to be saved in memory of the wireless mobile device; after receiving and saving the at least one login credential, logging off from the enabled service session with the host service; after the logging off from the enabled service session with the host service, detecting, at the wireless mobile device, a login trigger for logging on to the subsequent service session with the host service, the subsequent service session being utilized for a subsequent communication of data messages between the host service and the wireless mobile device via the wireless network; in response to detecting the login trigger for logging on to the subsequent service session with the host service, without receipt of authentication input from the user I/O subsystem: retrieving, from the memory without authentication input from the user I/O subsystem, the at least one login credential that was saved in response to detecting the logoff trigger and before the logging off, and sending it to the host service for authentication; and wherein the subsequent service session is selectively enabled based on the authentication of the at least one saved authenticated login credential sent to the host service.