Patent ID: 7688760

Claim:
A method for conveying user packet data comprising: monitoring, by a hybrid access terminal, a forward channel of an air interface associated with a circuit switched communication network; maintaining a packet data session associated with the hybrid access terminal in a packet switched communication network; and conveying the user packet data by the hybrid access terminal to a base station of the circuit switched communication network, wherein the hybrid access terminal includes the user packet data in a data burst message and routes the data burst message to the base station of the circuit switched communication network; conveying the user packet data by the base station to a mobile switching center; including, by the mobile switching center, the user packet data in one of an Application Data Delivery Service (ADDS) Page message and a Data over Signaling (DOS) Deliver message; and conveying the one of an ADDS Page message and a DOS Deliver message to at least one of an Access Network and a Packet Control Function of the packet switched communication network.