Method for handling communications over a non-permanent communication link
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsSrimantee Karmakar, Michael Shenfield, Kamen Vitanov, Jeffrey Rogers, Viera Bibr, Brindusa Fritsch
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for handling communications over a non-permanent communication link. The method comprising centrally receiving a message to transmit from a plurality of applications, checking the availability of the non-permanent communication link, if the non-permanent communication link is not-available, queuing the received message for future transmission, and providing the message to a transport/network layer if the communication link is available.
Claims30
A method for handling communications over a non-permanent communication link, said method comprising:
- centrally receiving a message to transmit from at least one application among a plurality of applications;
- checking the availability of said non-permanent communication link;
- if said non-permanent communication link is not-available, queuing said received message for future transmission;
- and
- providing said message to a transport/network layer if said communication link is available.
A computer readable memory comprising instructions which when executed perform the steps of:
- centrally receiving a message to transmit from at least one application among a plurality of applications;
- checking the availability of said non-permanent communication link;
- if said non-permanent communication link is not-available, queuing said received message for future transmission;
- and
- providing said message to a transport/network layer if said communication link is available.
A communication management unit for handling communications from a plurality of applications to a transport/network layer and over a non-permanent communication link, said communication management unit comprising:
- a dispatching unit for receiving a message to transmit at least one application among said plurality of applications;
- a queuing control unit for checking the availability of said non-permanent communication link;
- and
- a queue for queuing said received message if said non-permanent communication link is not-available, and for providing said message to a transport/network layer if said communication link is available.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.