Wireless communications application specific enabling method and apparatus
First Claim
1. A method for communicating messages between a remote monitoring device coupled to a communicator and a central monitoring station over a cellular telephone network that includes a voice channel and a control channel wherein the voice channel conveys data and the control channel conveys control signals that manage access to and use of the voice channel, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) transmitting a message from the remote monitoring device to the communicator, the message comprising data related to a specific application;
b) receiving at the communicator the message transmitted from a remote monitoring device;
c) encoding at the communicator the message transmitted from the remote monitoring device to create an encoded message for transmission over the the control channel as control signals to the central monitoring station;
d) transmitting the encoded message from the communicator to the central monitoring station over the control channel, bypassing the voice channel;
e) receiving at the central monitoring station the encoded message transmitted from the communicator over the control channel; and
f) decoding at the central monitoring station the encoded message transmitted from the communicator over the control channel to extract the message transmitted by the remote monitoring device to the communicator.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for wireless communication on an existing wireless communication network comprising taking existing data and manipulating the data to create manipulated data. The manipulated data is then translated into an application specific message. The application specific message is applied to control and communicate with an application specific apparatus, whereby wireless communication on the existing wireless communication network is provided without causing any disruption, system overloading, or limitation on normal system communication activity.
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1. A method for communicating messages between a remote monitoring device coupled to a communicator and a central monitoring station over a cellular telephone network that includes a voice channel and a control channel wherein the voice channel conveys data and the control channel conveys control signals that manage access to and use of the voice channel, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) transmitting a message from the remote monitoring device to the communicator, the message comprising data related to a specific application; b) receiving at the communicator the message transmitted from a remote monitoring device; c) encoding at the communicator the message transmitted from the remote monitoring device to create an encoded message for transmission over the the control channel as control signals to the central monitoring station; d) transmitting the encoded message from the communicator to the central monitoring station over the control channel, bypassing the voice channel; e) receiving at the central monitoring station the encoded message transmitted from the communicator over the control channel; and f) decoding at the central monitoring station the encoded message transmitted from the communicator over the control channel to extract the message transmitted by the remote monitoring device to the communicator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A cellular telephone network that includes a plurality of voice channels and a control channel wherein the plurality of voice channels convey data and the control channel conveys control signals that manage access to and use of the plurality of voice channels, comprising:
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a remote data source; a communicator coupled to the remote data source to receive a message transmitted from the remote data source, the message comprising data related to a specific application, the communicator encoding the message to create an encoded message for transmission over the control channel as control signals and transmitting the encoded message over the control channel, bypassing the plurality of voice channels; a Mobile Telephone Switching Office (MTSO) coupled to the communicator to receive the encoded message from the communicator via the control channel and transmit the encoded message in its encoded form over the control channel, bypassing the plurality of voice channels; and a central monitoring decoding system coupled to the MTSO to receive the encoded message from the MTSO over the control channel, bypassing the plurality of voice channels, the central monitoring decoding system decoding the encoded message to extract the message transmitted from the remote data source to the communicator.
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8. In a wireless data communications network that includes a voice channel for transmitting voice data and a control channel for transmitting control data that controls access to and use of the voice channel, a method for transmitting messages between a remote device coupled to a communicator and a central monitoring station over the control channel of the wireless data communications network, comprising the steps of:
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a) transmitting a message from the remote device to the communicator, the message comprising data related to a specific application; b) receiving at the communicator the message transmitted from the remote device; c) encoding at the communicator the message transmitted from the remote device to create an encoded message for transmission over the control channel as control signals to the central monitoring station, by passing the voice channel d) transmitting the encoded message from the communicator over the control channel to the central monitoring station; e) receiving at the central monitoring station the encoded message transmitted from the communicator over the control channel; and f) decoding at the central monitoring station the encoded message transmitted from the communicator over the control channel to retrieve the message transmitted from the remote device to the communicator. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. In a wireless data communications network that includes a voice channel for transmitting voice data and a control channel for transmitting control data that controls access to and use of the voice channel, a method for transmitting messages from an application specific central monitoring station coupled to a central monitoring station to a remote device coupled to a communicator, over the control channel of the wireless data communications network, comprising the steps of:
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a) transmitting a message from the application specific central monitoring system to the central monitoring station, the message comprising data related to a specific application; b) receiving at the central monitoring station the message transmitted from the application specific central monitoring system; c) encoding at the central monitoring station the message to create an encoded message for transmission over the control channel as control signals to the communicator; and d) transmitting the encoded message from the central monitoring station over the control channel, bypassing the voice channel, to the communicator; e) receiving at the communicator the encoded message transmitted from the central monitoring station over the control channel; f) decoding at the communicator the encoded message transmitted from the central monitoring station over the control channel to extract the message; g) transmitting the message from the communicator to the remote device; and h) receiving at the remote device the message transmitted from the communicator. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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