Message broadcast to mobile station in wireless network
First Claim
1. A method for broadcasting a message in a wireless network, the method including the steps:
- a) receiving a message notice that a message to be broadcast by the wireless network is to follow and instructions designating a geographic area associated with the message broadcast;
b) transmitting the message notice to one or more mobile stations associated with the designated geographic area;
c) receiving the message to be broadcast;
d) broadcasting the message over a broadcast channel associated with the wireless network and the designated geographic area;
e) receiving a termination notice associated with the message broadcast;
f) terminating the message broadcast in response to receiving the termination notice; and
g) transmitting the termination notice to the one or more mobile stations.
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Abstract
A wireless network that broadcasts a message from a telecommunication system to mobile stations associated with the wireless network is provided. The wireless network includes one or more mobile switching centers, one or more base stations, and one or more mobile stations. In various embodiments, the telecommunication system may include an emergency alert system and/or a public switched telephone network along with the wireless network. The message may include a presidential message, a local area message, a state message, a national information center message, a weather news report, a headline news report, a traffic news reports, or a promotional advertisement. Several methods for broadcasting the message in a wireless network are provided.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for broadcasting a message in a wireless network, the method including the steps:
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a) receiving a message notice that a message to be broadcast by the wireless network is to follow and instructions designating a geographic area associated with the message broadcast;
b) transmitting the message notice to one or more mobile stations associated with the designated geographic area;
c) receiving the message to be broadcast;
d) broadcasting the message over a broadcast channel associated with the wireless network and the designated geographic area;
e) receiving a termination notice associated with the message broadcast;
f) terminating the message broadcast in response to receiving the termination notice; and
g) transmitting the termination notice to the one or more mobile stations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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- 6. The method as set forth in claim I wherein the message notice, message, and termination notice are received from at least one of a broadcast network, a cable network, a program supplier, an AM broadcast station, an FM broadcast station, a low power FM (LPFM) broadcast station, a TV broadcast station, a class A (CA) TV station, a low power TV (LPTV) station, a cable system, a wireless cable system, a multipoint distribution service (NDS) station, a multichannel multipoint distribution service (MMDS) station, and an instructional television fixed service (ITFS) station.
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17. A method for broadcasting a message in a wireless network, the method including the steps:
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a) at one or more mobile switching centers, receiving a message notice that a message to be broadcast by the wireless network is to follow, receiving instructions designating a geographic area associated with the message broadcast, and communicating the message notice to one or more base stations associated with the designated geographic area;
b) at the one or more base stations, transmitting the message notice to one or more mobile stations associated with the designated geographic area;
c) at the one or more mobile stations, activating a message notice cue in response to receiving the message notice;
d) at the one or more mobile switching centers, receiving the message to be broadcast and communicating the message to the one or more base stations;
e) at the one or more base stations, broadcasting the message over a broadcast channel associated with the wireless network and the designated geographic area;
f) at any of the one or more mobile stations, responding to activation of one or more control buttons to connect the corresponding mobile station to the broadcast channel to receive the broadcast message;
g) at the one or more mobile switching centers, receiving a termination notice associated with the message and communicating the termination notice to the one or more base stations;
h) at the one or more mobile switching centers, terminating the message broadcast in response to receiving the termination notice;
i) at the one or more base stations, transmitting the termination notice to the one or more mobile stations; and
j) at the one or more mobile stations, activating a message termination cue in response to receiving the termination notice. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A wireless network to augment a telecommunication system by broadcasting a message from the telecommunication system to mobile stations associated with the wireless network, the wireless network including:
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a means for receiving a message notice that the message to be broadcast by the wireless network is to follow and instructions designating a geographic area associated with the message broadcast;
a means for transmitting the message notice to one or more mobile stations associated with the designated geographic area;
a means for receiving the message to be broadcast;
a means for broadcasting the message over a broadcast channel associated with the wireless network and the designated geographic area;
a means for receiving a termination notice associated with the message;
a means for terminating the message broadcast in response to receiving the termination notice; and
a means for transmitting the termination notice to the one or more mobile stations. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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