Determining and displaying available services for a communication unit
First Claim
1. A method comprising the steps ofin a radio frequency (RF) communication system that provides a plurality of services, wherein each of the plurality of services has a status of either currently available, when the service is presently functional within the RF communication system, or currently unavailable, when the service is presently non-functional within the RF communication system, determining, by the RF communication system, when the status of one of the plurality of services changes from currently available to currently unavailable or when the status of one of the plurality of services changes from currently unavailable to currently available;
- transmitting, by the RF communication system on an RF communication resource, information regarding currently available services from the RF communication system;
receiving the information by at least one communication unit;
determining, by the at least one communication unit, from the information the currently available services;
displaying, by the at least one communication unit, an indication of the currently available services.
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Abstract
Information regarding available services from a RF communication system (101) is transmitted by the RF communication system on an RF communication resource(109). The information is received by at least one communication unit (108). The at least one communication unit (108) determines, from the information, the available services. The at least one communication unit (108) displays an indication of the available services on a display (206) for a user.
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15 Claims
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1. A method comprising the steps of
in a radio frequency (RF) communication system that provides a plurality of services, wherein each of the plurality of services has a status of either currently available, when the service is presently functional within the RF communication system, or currently unavailable, when the service is presently non-functional within the RF communication system, determining, by the RF communication system, when the status of one of the plurality of services changes from currently available to currently unavailable or when the status of one of the plurality of services changes from currently unavailable to currently available; -
transmitting, by the RF communication system on an RF communication resource, information regarding currently available services from the RF communication system; receiving the information by at least one communication unit; determining, by the at least one communication unit, from the information the currently available services;
displaying, by the at least one communication unit, an indication of the currently available services. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method comprising the steps of:
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in a radio frequency (RF) communication system that provides a plurality of services, wherein each of the plurality of services has a status of either currently available, when the service is presently functional within the RF communication system, or currently unavailable, when the service is presently non-functional within the RF communication system, determining, by the RF communication system, when the status of one of the plurality of services changes from currently available to currently unavailable or when the status of one of the plurality of services changes from currently unavailable to currently available; transmitting, by the RF communication system on an RF communication resource, information regarding currently available services from the communication system; scanning the RF communication resource for the information by at least one communication unit; determining, by the at least one communication unit, from the information the currently available services; displaying, by the at least one communication unit, an indication of the currently available services; determining, by the at least one communication unit, when to rescan the RF communication resource; rescanning, by the at least one communication unit, the RF communication resource for new information; determining, by the at least one communication unit, from the new information new currently available services; displaying, by the at least one communication unit, an indication of the new currently available services. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for use by a communication unit for use in a radio frequency (RF) communication system that provides a plurality of associated services, wherein each of the plurality of associated services has a status of either currently available, when the service is presently functional within the RF communication system, or currently unavailable, when the service is presently non-functional within the RF communication system, the method comprising the steps of:
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monitoring a radio frequency (RF) communication resource sourced by a RF communication system; when activity is detected on the RF communication resource determining what services are associated with the RF communication system, based on the services currently used on the RF communication resource; assuming that the associated services have a status of currently available services; displaying an indication of services having a status of currently available services. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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