Method and apparatus for wireless data services over a selected bearer service

• US 6,584,321 B1
• Filed: 10/27/1999
• Issued: 06/24/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Wireless Services Incorporated (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Luna, Michael, Coan, William Patrick
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Duc
• Application Number:
  US09/427,417
• Time in Patent Office: 1,336 Days
• Field of Search: 455/466, 455/552, 455/553, 455/422, 455/517, 455/412, 455/413, 455/414, 455/450, 379/221.07, 379/221.12, 379/229, 379/243-246, 379/311, 379/355.02, 379/355.04, 370/329, 370/352-359, 370/395.2, 370/395.3, 370/395.5, 370/469, 370/480, 370/428
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

A service message, including a device application identifier and a bearer service indicator, is generated and sent to a wireless communications device. As a result, data can be transmitted between a server and a wireless device over a selected bearer service.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting data to a wireless communications device over a selected bearer service, comprising:

generating a service message, the service message including

a device application identifier, and

a bearer service indicator, wherein the bearer service indicator includes identities of at least two usable bearer services, wherein one of the at least two usable bearer services is a minimum usable bearer service for the identified device application; and

sending the service message to the wireless communications device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, over a bearer service corresponding to the bearer service indicator, a service request.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the service request includes a second bearer service indicator.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

sending to the wireless communications device, over a bearer service corresponding to the second bearer service indicator, service content.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

sending to the wireless communications device, over a bearer service corresponding to the bearer service indicator, service content.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the service message to the wireless communications device includes sending the service message over a call control channel.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the service message to the wireless communications device includes sending the service message over a broadcast-oriented bearer service.

8. An apparatus for transmitting data to a wireless communications device over a selected bearer service, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory, coupled to said processor, for storing a plurality of instructions adapted for execution by said processor to;

generate a service message, the service message including

a device application identifier, and

a bearer service indicator, wherein the bearer service indicator includes identities of at least two usable bearer services, wherein one of the at least two usable bearer services is a minimum usable bearer service for the identified device application; and

send the service message to the wireless communications device.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the plurality of instructions adapted for execution by said processor include instructions to:

receive, over a bearer service corresponding to the bearer service indicator, a service request.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the service request includes a second bearer service indicator.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the plurality of instructions adapted for execution by said processor include instructions to:

send to the wireless communications device, over a bearer service corresponding to the second bearer service indicator, service content.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the plurality of instructions adapted for execution by said processor include instructions to:

send to the wireless communications device, over a bearer service corresponding to the bearer service indicator, service content.

13. A medium storing a plurality of instructions adapted for execution by a processor for transmitting data to a wireless communications device over a selected bearer service, said plurality of instructions comprising instructions to:

generate a service message, the service message including

a device application identifier, and

a bearer service indicator, wherein the bearer service indicator includes identities of at least two usable bearer services, wherein one of the at least two usable bearer services is a minimum usable bearer service for the identified device application; and

send the service message to the wireless communications device.

14. The medium of claim 13, wherein said plurality of instructions further comprise instructions to:

receive, over a bearer service corresponding to the bearer service indicator, a service request.

15. The medium of claim 14, wherein the service request includes a second bearer service indicator.

16. The medium of claim 15, wherein said plurality of instructions further comprise instructions to:

send to the wireless communications device, over a bearer service corresponding to the second bearer service indicator, service content.

17. The medium of claim 14, wherein said plurality of instructions further comprise instructions to:

send to the wireless communications device, over a bearer service corresponding to the bearer service indicator, service content.

18. A medium storing a plurality of instructions adapted for execution by a processor for receiving data on a wireless communications device over a selected bearer service, said plurality of instructions comprising instructions to:

receive a service message including

a device application identifier, and

a bearer service indicator, wherein the bearer service indicator includes identities of at least two usable bearer services, wherein one of the at least two usable bearer services is a minimum usable bearer service for the identified device application; and

store the bearer service indicator in the wireless communications device.

19. The medium of claim 18, wherein said plurality of instructions further comprise instructions to:

send, over a bearer service corresponding to the bearer service indicator, a service request.

20. The medium of claim 19, wherein the service request includes a second bearer service indicator.

21. The medium of claim 20, wherein said plurality of instructions further comprise instructions to:

receive, over a bearer service corresponding to the second bearer service indicator, service content.

22. The medium of claim 19, wherein said plurality of instructions further comprise instructions to:

receive, over a bearer service corresponding to the bearer service indicator, service content.