Patent ID: 8060075

Claim:
A mobile device that is operative to manage a request for a network connection, comprising: a memory component for storing data and instructions; and a processing component for executing instructions that enables actions, including: receiving a text message from an other computing device over other than an IP connection; if the text message is associated with a request to establish a currently un-established Internet Protocol (IP) connection with the other computing device, then within an established timeout period, sending a request to establish the IP connection useable to communicate with the other computing device; enabling a user of the mobile device to selectively accept or deny establishment of the IP connection with the other computing device; receiving an indication that the established IP communication with the other computing device is selectively terminated in part on another communication that is determined to conflict with the established IP connection; and if an other text message is unassociated with a request to establish an IP connection with the other computing device, then forwarding the other text message to a location accessible for review by a user of the mobile device.