Mobile device auto redialer

A mobile device that operates within a cellular telecommunications system to reestablish dropped connections, the mobile device comprising:

• a processing unit;
• a memory element communicatively coupled to the processing unit;
• a module stored in the memory element and including instructions that when executed by the processing unit performs the steps of:
• detecting the termination of a connection between the mobile device and at least one other device, wherein the connection is based at least in part on a cellular telecommunications network;
• identifying the cause of the termination;
• and
• reestablishing the connection between the mobile device and the at least one other device if the cause of termination is a qualifying cause and, reestablishment criteria has been met.

A method for recovering from a terminated connection wherein at least a portion of the connection exists over a cellular telecommunications system between a mobile device and at least one other device, the mobile device including an application loaded into a memory element within the mobile device, which when executed by a processing unit of the mobile device performs the method comprising the steps of:

• detecting a termination of a connection between the mobile device and the at least one other device;
• retrieving status information from the memory element within the mobile device;
• parsing the status information to identify a cause of termination;
• comparing the cause of termination with a domain of qualifying causes of termination;
• determining if the current signal conditions for the mobile device are acceptable;
• reading the telephone number associated with the at least one other device from the memory element within the mobile device;
• attempting to establish a connection between the mobile device and the at least one other device by initiating a call to the read telephone number if a match of the cause of termination is identified in the domain of qualifying causes and if the current signal conditions for the mobile device are acceptable.