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Method for enabling receipt of a packet-switched page by a mobile station

  • US 6,631,259 B2
  • Filed: 03/31/2000
  • Issued: 10/07/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for receiving notification at a dual transfer mode mobile station, operating in circuit-switched voice interchange activity, of a packet-switched paging message, comprising:

  • engaging said mobile station in circuit-switched voice interchange activity, wherein said mobile station having dual transfer mode capability is a Class A mobile station which supports simultaneous attachment, monitoring, activation invocation and traffic flow on both circuit-switched voice and packet-switched data services, and wherein said mobile station having dual transfer mode capability is a Class B mobile station which supports simultaneous attachment, monitoring and activation on both circuit-switched voice and packet-switched data services, with invocation and traffic flow possible on either service on a mutually exclusive basis, and wherein said mobile station not having dual transfer capability is a Class C mobile station supporting only non-simultaneous attach on either circuit-switched voice or packet-switched data services;

    receiving a packet-switched paging notification message over said dedicated control channel, while said mobile station is engaged in circuit-switched voice interchange activity, if said mobile station is operating in dual transfer mode; and

    receiving the packet-switched paging notification message over a paging channel, while said mobile station is engaged in circuit-switched voice interchange activity, if said mobile station is not operating in dual transfer mode.

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