WAP PUSH OVER CELL BROADCAST

• US 20080311937A1
• Filed: 08/22/2008
• Published: 12/18/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Carolyn Tuthill, Jeffrey C. Mikan, Justin Mcnamara
• Original Assignee: Carolyn Tuthill, Jeffrey C. Mikan, Justin Mcnamara
• Inventors: McNamara, Justin, Mikan, Jeffrey C., Tuthill, Carolyn
• Granted Patent: US 7,738,421 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/12 Application layer protocols, e.g. WAP [Wireless Application Protocol]

Abstract

A system provides push services and information to mobile stations via broadcast messages. The broadcast messages are made on predetermined cell broadcast channels, which are associated with an inbox on the mobile stations. Contained within the messages are Uniform Resource Locators (URL) that, when accessed, provide multimedia and other rich content to the mobile station. The system allows wireless carriers to provide features such as Wireless Access Protocol (WAP) push operations via cell broadcast to many mobile stations in a geographic area without the need to individually address messages to the mobile stations.

Claims

1. A method of pushing services and information at a mobile station, comprising:

listening to a broadcast channel;

receiving a message on said broadcast channel; and

placing the contents of said message in an inbox, said contents providing access to said services and information.

2. The method of claim 1, said contents comprising a Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising connecting to said URL to obtain said services and information on said mobile station.

4. The method of claim 1, said message comprising a cell broadcast message that is communicated to all mobile stations in a predetermined geographic area.

5. The method of claim 1, said messages being sent in multiple parts, said method further comprising combining said multiple parts into a single message at said mobile station.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

listening to a plurality of broadcast channels; and

associating at least one of said broadcast channels with said inbox.

7. A method of pushing services and information to mobile stations in a geographic area, comprising:

determining a location of said services and information;

placing said location in a broadcast message; and

forwarding said location via said broadcast message to said mobile stations.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising determining a channel on which to forward said broadcast message, said channel being associated with an inbox on said mobile stations.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising communicating said broadcast message via a cell broadcast mechanism to mobile stations within a predetermined geographic area.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising specifying said location as a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to be accessed by said mobile stations.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein said services and information is multimedia content.

12. A system for delivering content via a wireless network to a mobile station using a broadcast mechanism, comprising:

a push proxy gateway (PPG);

a short message peer to peer (SMPP) router that receives an SMPP message from said push proxy gateway and converts said SMPP message to a cell broadcast message;

a cell broadcast center that pushes content in said cell broadcast message on a predetermined cell broadcast channel.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein content is communicated to all mobile stations within a predetermined geographic area.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein said content is placed in an inbox on said mobile station in accordance with said predetermined cell broadcast channel.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein said content is accessed via a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) contained in said cell broadcast message.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein said content is multimedia content displayed on said mobile station.