Patent ID: 8224919

Claim:
In a mobile communication system comprising mobile terminals using service applications provided by corresponding service providers, the mobile communication system further comprising an intermediate service provider in communication with the mobile terminals via respective corresponding transport layers over a persistent logical channel connection, and the service providers, a method for a mobile terminal of the mobile terminals to communicate with the service providers, the method comprising: sending, to an intermediate service provider, a session request message; receiving, from the intermediate service provider, a session response message comprising a session identification corresponding to a session established between the respective corresponding transport layers over the persistent logical channel connection of the mobile terminal and the intermediate service provider; and sending, to the intermediate service provider, multiplexed data communications for at least two different service applications of the service applications via a level of the mobile terminal transport layer over the persistent logical channel connection between the intermediate service provider and the mobile terminal based on the session identification, the multiplexed data communications to be received via the intermediate service provider transport layer.