Patent ID: 7151932

Claim:
In a mobile communication device, a method of delivering an e-mail message through a wireless communication network comprising the acts of: receiving, through an e-mail graphical user interface (GUI) of the mobile communication device, e-mail message information corresponding to a new e-mail message to be delivered through the wireless communication network; identifying, by the mobile communication device, whether a packet data service for communicating e-mail messages is made available to the mobile communication device by the wireless communication network; if the packet data service is identified as being made available in the wireless communication network: causing, by the mobile communication device, the e-mail message information to be sent via the packet data service of the wireless communication network; if the packet data service is identified as being made unavailable in the wireless communication network: formatting, by the mobile communication device, the e-mail message information in an SMS-to-Email message format compatible with an SMS-to-Email service; and causing the formatted e-mail message information to be sent in an SMS message through the wireless communication network via the SMS-to-Email service.