Patent ID: 8825018

Claim:
A method in a mobile communication device operating in a wireless communication network for receiving data, the method comprising: receiving, via the wireless communication network, data communications from a host server of a host network, the data communications routed via a relay network which is external to the wireless communication network and the host network, the data communications from the host server associated with a data session established between the mobile communication device and the wireless communication network; identifying a voice call request at the mobile communication device; in response to the voice call request: sending via the wireless communication network a pause data indicator in a message which is directed to the relay network, the pause data indicator defined to cause the data communications to be paused and the data of the data communications to be buffered at the relay network while the data session is maintained; sending a call confirm or setup voice call message to the wireless communication network for establishing the voice call; and maintaining the voice call at the mobile communication device; identifying that mobile-originated data is sent from the mobile communication device at the time the voice call request is identified; and completing transmission of the mobile-originated data when a remainder of the mobile-originated data is less than a predetermined threshold at the time the voice call request is identified.