Mobile cellular telecommunications infrastructure based multi-user applications
First Claim
1. For use in a mobile cellular telecommunications network having a plurality of individually addressable Base Transceiver Station (BTS) providing bi-directional signal coverage to a plurality of subscribers who each have a personal cellular telecommunications device and who are within a plurality of predefined geographical area, a method for executing a multi-user interactive application, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) transmitting a Point-to-MultiPoint (PTMP) interactive display message at a plurality of BTS for display on the personal cellular telecommunications devices of each subscriber located within the respective geographical areas of the plurality of BTS;
(b) receiving non-voice call response messages from subscribers'"'"' personal cellular telecommunications devices in response to the interactive display message; and
(c) transmitting a PTMP feedback message at the plurality of BTS of step (a) for displaying interactive application related information on the personal cellular telecommunications devices of the subscribers located within their respective geographical areas.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed toward the use of Point-To-MultiPoint (PTMP) display messages over a mobile cellular telecommunications infrastructure for supporting a number of multi-user applications including multi-user interactive applications in the case of interactive display messages. Exemplary applications include a consumer survey, a multi-player game, a Content on Demand application, and the staggered broadcast of the same interactive display message over different geographical areas served by different Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs).
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15 Claims
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1. For use in a mobile cellular telecommunications network having a plurality of individually addressable Base Transceiver Station (BTS) providing bi-directional signal coverage to a plurality of subscribers who each have a personal cellular telecommunications device and who are within a plurality of predefined geographical area, a method for executing a multi-user interactive application, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) transmitting a Point-to-MultiPoint (PTMP) interactive display message at a plurality of BTS for display on the personal cellular telecommunications devices of each subscriber located within the respective geographical areas of the plurality of BTS;
(b) receiving non-voice call response messages from subscribers'"'"' personal cellular telecommunications devices in response to the interactive display message; and
(c) transmitting a PTMP feedback message at the plurality of BTS of step (a) for displaying interactive application related information on the personal cellular telecommunications devices of the subscribers located within their respective geographical areas. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. For use in a mobile cellular telecommunications network having at least one individually addressable Base Transceiver Station (BTS) each capable of transmitting at least Point-To-MultiPoint (PTMP) messages to a plurality of subscribers within a predefined geographical area, a method for broadcasting a PTMP display message comprising the steps of:
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(a) transmitting a PTMP display message at at least one BTS for display on the personal cellular telecommunications devices of each subscriber located within their respective geographical areas; and
(b) subsequently and iteratively repeating step (a) at at least another BTS an integer number of times i where i=1, 2, 3, . . . n, thereby staggering the broadcast of the PTMP display message. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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