Patent ID: 8295860

Claim:
A method for intelligently paging an idle mobile device, the method comprising: receiving a message at a processor, the message destined for a mobile device communicatively coupled to a packet switched wireless network; determining a plurality of characteristics of the message, including a destination address of the message; retrieving at least one paging rule based at least in part upon the destination address of the message; applying the at least one paging rule; allowing the mobile device to remain in an idle state in response to the at least one paging rule if the at least one paging rule comprises an instruction to allow the mobile device to remain in an idle state; requesting the mobile device to transition to an active state in response to the at least one paging rule if the at least one paging rule comprises an instruction to request the mobile device to transition to an active state; communicating the message to the mobile device in response to the at least one paging rule if the at least one paging rule comprises an instruction to request the mobile device to transition to an active state; and wherein at least one of the plurality of characteristics is of the set comprising: the sender of the incoming message; the time the incoming message was sent; the protocol used to transmit the incoming message; the priority of the incoming message; and an activation flag being set in the incoming message.