Patent ID: 7548757

Claim:
In a mobile communication device, a method of delivering e-mail message information via a wireless communication network comprising the acts of: causing an e-mail interface of an e-mail application for e-mail message delivery to be displayed in a display of the mobile communication device, the e-mail interface for the e-mail message delivery including an e-mail recipient address field, an e-mail subject field, and an e-mail message body field; receiving, through the e-mail interface, e-mail message information corresponding to a new e-mail message to be delivered, the e-mail message information including an e-mail recipient address from the e-mail recipient address field, an e-mail subject from the e-mail subject field, and an e-mail message body from the e-mail message body field; identifying, by the mobile communication device, whether a first data communication service is made available to the mobile communication device via the wireless communication network; in response to receiving the e-mail message information: if the first data communication service is made available via the wireless communication network: causing, by the mobile communication device, the e-mail message information to be sent through the wireless communication network via the first data communication service and otherwise, if the first data communication service is identified as being made unavailable via the wireless communication network: formatting, by the mobile communication device without user intervention, the e-mail message information in accordance with a second data communication service, and sending the formatted e-mail message information through the wireless communication network via the second data communication service.