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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMENCING SHARED OR INDIVIDUAL TRANSMISSION OF BROADCAST CONTENT IN A WIRELESS TELEPHONE NETWORK

  • US 20080076348A1
  • Filed: 06/22/2007
  • Published: 03/27/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a subject wireless subscriber-station in a wireless communications network that includes base stations receiving various broadcast programs from a content server, comprising:

  • the subject subscriber-station conducting evaluation operations to determine whether a desired broadcast program is available from a subject base station; and

    in accordance with results of the evaluation operations, the subject subscriber-station initiating reception of the desired program on a shared channel for common reception by subscriber-stations by sending a start-service message to the subject base station.

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