COST CONTAINMENT OF MOBILE DATALINK COMMUNICATIONS
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1. A method for transmitting messages over a datalink communication system, the method comprising:
- assigning each message a cost index value based on prescribed factors for at least one message transmission attribute of the message; and
transmitting each message that satisfies a select transmission attribute over at least one mobile communications sub-network associated with a datalink communication system.
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Abstract
A method for transmitting messages over a datalink communication system is disclosed. The method comprises assigning each message a cost index value based on prescribed factors for at least one message transmission attribute of the message and transmitting each message that satisfies a select transmission attribute over at least one mobile communications sub-network associated with a datalink communication system.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for transmitting messages over a datalink communication system, the method comprising:
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assigning each message a cost index value based on prescribed factors for at least one message transmission attribute of the message; and transmitting each message that satisfies a select transmission attribute over at least one mobile communications sub-network associated with a datalink communication system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A datalink communication system, comprising:
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at least one communications management unit having a datalink processing unit, the datalink processing unit operable to manage message transmissions based on at least one of geographic location and access to one or more mobile communications sub-networks associated with a datalink communication system; at least one air-ground communications transceiver in operative communications with the communications management unit; and a plurality of datalink terminals, each datalink terminal operable to store at least one of the message transmissions for later transmission until at least one of the mobile communications sub-networks considered to operate substantially within prescribed criteria becomes available to the at least one air-ground communications transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of providing cost containment of mobile datalink communications using a communications management unit, the method comprising:
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identifying a service provider sub-network for transmitting messages based on a current location; selectively assigning a cost index value for each message to be transmitted; and transmitting each of the messages at an appropriate time based on the available service provider sub-networks identified and the selected cost index value. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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