Patent ID: 8295817

Claim:
A method in a server for use in re-establishing communications over a data connection between an application server and a wireless communication device, the application server being connected in a public or private network which is coupled to the wireless communication network, the data connection being utilized for the communication of messages from the application server to the wireless communication device via the wireless communication network, the method comprising the acts of: when the data connection is terminated from an out-of-coverage condition between the wireless communication device and a base station of the wireless communication network: receiving, at the server, a plurality of data connection requests from the application server which are intended for delivery to the wireless communication device for re-establishing the data connection for the communication of the messages from the application server to the wireless communication device; and limiting, at the server, a number or a rate of the data connection requests allowed to pass from the server to the base station during the out-of-coverage condition.