Server request including code for customizing service to requesting cellular mobile station
First Claim
1. A server connectable to a cellular communication network for providing a service via the cellular communication network to a mobile station operating in the cellular communication network, comprising:
- an input for receiving from the mobile station via the cellular communication network a request for service, said request for service having the ability to include a code for determining operational capabilities of the mobile station, said operational capabilities indicative of a level of the requested service supported by the mobile station and for receiving a request for service which may not include the code for determining operational capabilities; and
an output for providing a reply responsive to the request, wherein said reply is provided in at least one format depending upon the operational capabilities of the mobile station if said code has been provided and in a default format if said code has not been provided or is not decodeable so as to determine the operational capabilities of the mobile station and in which the operable characteristics of said mobile station does not need to change in response to said message.
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Abstract
A mobile station operating in a cellular communication network requests service from a server coupled to the cellular communication network. Within the mobile station is composed a request for service including a code for use by the server in determining operational capabilities of the mobile station. The request for service is then sent from the mobile station to the server. The server uses the code to determine operational capabilities of the mobile station, and then provides a level of service to the mobile station commensurate with the operational capabilities of the mobile station.
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16 Claims
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1. A server connectable to a cellular communication network for providing a service via the cellular communication network to a mobile station operating in the cellular communication network, comprising:
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an input for receiving from the mobile station via the cellular communication network a request for service, said request for service having the ability to include a code for determining operational capabilities of the mobile station, said operational capabilities indicative of a level of the requested service supported by the mobile station and for receiving a request for service which may not include the code for determining operational capabilities; and
an output for providing a reply responsive to the request, wherein said reply is provided in at least one format depending upon the operational capabilities of the mobile station if said code has been provided and in a default format if said code has not been provided or is not decodeable so as to determine the operational capabilities of the mobile station and in which the operable characteristics of said mobile station does not need to change in response to said message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A server system connectable to a cellular communication network for providing a service via the cellular communication network to a mobile station operating in the cellular communication network, comprising:
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an information storage apparatus having stored therein information indicative of operational capabilities of the mobile station; and
a server coupled to said information storage apparatus, said server having an input for receiving from the mobile station via the cellular network a request for service including a code for use in accessing the information stored in said information storage apparatus, said information storage apparatus located externally relative to said server, said operational capabilities indicative of a level of the requested service supported by the mobile station such that the operable characteristics of said mobile station does not need to change in response to a message and means to provide an indication that a default level of capabilities should be used with said mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of processing a request for service sent by a mobile station through a cellular communication network to a server, comprising:
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receiving the request at the server, wherein said request can include receiving an operational capabilities code at the server; and
using the operational capabilities code if part of said request to determine operational capabilities of the mobile station such that the operable characteristics of said mobile station does not need to change in response to receipt of a return message, said operational capabilities indicative of a level of the requested service supported by the mobile station and to determine a default capabilities set for the mobile station if said code is not present and to determine the same default capabilities set if said code is present but not decodeable. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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