Patent ID: 7474886

Claim:
A method for gracefully shutting down a mobile device, the method comprising: monitoring the mobile device's status as to whether the mobile device is being fully powered off; forwarding from the mobile device a first termination message to at least one network device when it is determined that the mobile device is being fully powered off, wherein the network device discontinues communicating with the mobile device according to instructions provided in the first termination message to prevent data loss and indefinite allocation of resources; forwarding from the mobile device a second termination message to at least one active component when it is determined that the mobile device is being fully powered off, wherein operation of the active component is terminated according to instructions provided in the second termination message to prevent data loss and indefinite allocation of resources; and fully powering off the mobile device, wherein no data loss or indefinite allocation of resources occurs in the active component, the network device, and the mobile device, wherein the mobile device connects the network device, which is in a personal area wireless communication network, to a wireless area network so that the network device can communicate with devices in the wireless area network; and wherein the active component comprises a software or hardware module in communication with the mobile device.