Patent ID: 7894800

Claim:
A system for operating a wireless mobile device that automatically re-establishes a telephone call after unintended disconnection, the system comprising: at least one processor operable to wirelessly receive, via a communication network, a first telephone call having associated information identifying a calling party; said at least one processor operable to determine whether the calling party or the wireless mobile device is to establish a second telephone call between the calling party and the wireless mobile device upon failure of the first telephone call; said at least one processor operable to store the information identifying the calling party of the first telephone call; said at least one processor operable to detect a failure of the first telephone call; said at least one processor operable to determine whether call re-establishment should be attempted, based upon one or more pre-determined factors; and said at least one processor operable to automatically establish the second telephone call from the wireless mobile device to the calling party of the first telephone call using the stored information, if it is determined that the wireless mobile device is to establish the second telephone call upon failure of the first telephone call, wherein determining whether the calling party is to establish a second telephone call between the calling party and the wireless mobile device upon failure of the first telephone call comprises: ascertaining whether the calling party is capable of automatically establishing the second telephone call upon failure of the first telephone call; and negotiating to determine whether the wireless mobile device or the calling party is to establish the second telephone call, if the calling party is capable of automatically establishing the second telephone call upon failure of the first telephone call.