Patent ID: 7912453

Claim:
A method of sending a service request to a network application from a wireless device over a wireless communication network, comprising: generating, by a wireless device, the service request identifying at least a selected wireless bearer service to provide the requested service; maintaining an active session, if a wireless bearer service of the active session corresponds to the selected wireless bearer service; suspending the active session, if the wireless bearer service of the active session does not correspond to the selected wireless bearer service; initiating an active session over the selected wireless bearer service, if there is one of no active session or a suspended active session; and sending the service request over the selected wireless bearer service via the active session, wherein the selected wireless bearer service is selected from a set or subset of specific bearer services and is identified by a wireless bearer service indicator that specifies a minimum level of service associated with at least the selected wireless bearer service, wherein the set or subset of specific bearer services comprises at least a first plurality of specific bearer services identified by a first wireless bearer service indicator value, and wherein a second wireless bearer service indicator value identifies a subset of bearer services comprising a subset of the first plurality or specific bearer services; wherein the service request additionally includes at least one of a device application identifier, a network application address, and a displayable name of one or more services.