BROADCAST DATA AND EVENT TRIGGERS OVER A DIGITAL CELLULAR NETWORK
First Claim
1. A method at a service provider comprising:
- selecting one or more digital cellular markets to receive a broadcast page, each digital cellular market providing wireless communication services to a geographic region;
generating the broadcast page at the service provider, the broadcast page indicating a Virtual Device Identifier associated with a plurality of remote devices in each of the digital cellular markets selected, wherein each of the remote devices comprises a Primary Device Identifier uniquely identifying the remote device within the digital cellular markets and the Virtual Device Identifier associated with the plurality of remote devices; and
sending the broadcast page to each digital cellular market selected, for transmission to the remote devices to send a message to remote devices having the Virtual Device Identifier.
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Abstract
A system and method for enabling a service provider to select one or more digital cellular markets to receive a broadcast page, wherein each digital cellular market provides wireless communication services to a geographic region. The service provider to generate a broadcast page indicating a Virtual Device Identifier, the Virtual Device Identifier associated with a plurality of remote devices in each of the digital cellular markets selected, and wherein each of the remote devices includes a Primary Device Identifier uniquely identifying the remote device within the digital cellular markets, and wherein each of the remote devices further includes the Virtual Device Identifier associated with the plurality of remote devices. The service provider to further send the broadcast page to each digital cellular market selected, for transmission to the remote devices to send a message to remote devices having the Virtual Device Identifier.
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23 Claims
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1. A method at a service provider comprising:
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selecting one or more digital cellular markets to receive a broadcast page, each digital cellular market providing wireless communication services to a geographic region; generating the broadcast page at the service provider, the broadcast page indicating a Virtual Device Identifier associated with a plurality of remote devices in each of the digital cellular markets selected, wherein each of the remote devices comprises a Primary Device Identifier uniquely identifying the remote device within the digital cellular markets and the Virtual Device Identifier associated with the plurality of remote devices; and sending the broadcast page to each digital cellular market selected, for transmission to the remote devices to send a message to remote devices having the Virtual Device Identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system comprising:
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means for selecting one or more digital cellular markets to receive a broadcast page, each digital cellular market providing wireless communication services to a geographic region; means for generating the broadcast page, the broadcast page identifying a Virtual Device Identifier associated with a plurality of remote devices in each of the digital cellular markets selected, wherein each of the remote devices comprises a dedicated Primary Device Identifier uniquely identifying the remote device within the digital cellular markets and the Virtual Device Identifier associated with the plurality of remote devices; and means for sending the broadcast page to each digital cellular market selected, for transmission to the remote devices to send a message to remote devices having the Virtual Device Identifier. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A remote device comprising:
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a radio receiver to monitor broadcast pages from a digital cellular network; a Primary Device Identifier to uniquely identify the remote device among all remote devices communicably attached with the digital cellular network; an index comprising one or more index locations, each index location to map a Virtual Device Identifier to a remote device event, wherein the Virtual Device Identifier is associated with a plurality of remote devices communicably attached with the digital cellular network, and wherein the remote device event describes an operation to be initiated by the remote device responsive to a broadcast page identified with the Virtual Device Identifier; and logic to trigger the remote device event when a mapped Virtual Device Identifier is monitored at the remote device within a broadcast page. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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