Patent ID: 7953808

Claim:
A method of receiving a notification message by a mobile subscriber, the method comprising: establishing a session with a notification service; after the session is established, transmitting messages to the notification service at time intervals equal to or longer than a predetermined time interval; receiving, from the notification service, respective responses to the transmitted messages, said transmitting the messages and said receiving the respective responses occurring in alternate fashion such that the messages are transmitted to the notification service only after receipt of responses from the notification service to respective previous messages; subscribing to a node hosted by the notification service, wherein the node is pre-provisioned for use by a mobile subscriber; receiving from the notification service a notification message corresponding to the subscribed node; determining that no response to a message transmitted by the mobile subscriber has been received from the notification service; establishing a new session with the notification service in response to said determining; and after the new session is established, resuming said transmitting of messages to the notification service and said receiving of respective responses from the notification service in said alternate fashion, the transmissions being resumed at an initial time interval shorter than the predetermined time interval.