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Method and apparatus for integrating narrowband and wideband data transports

  • US 6,665,711 B1
  • Filed: 09/12/2000
  • Issued: 12/16/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving a notification at a link system coupling a landline data network to a wireless network when information at a remote network server is updated, wherein the remote network server is remote with respect to the link system, and wherein the information is available to a remote client device via a first channel;

    identifying in the link system the remote client device as being associated with the notification; and

    sending a message corresponding to the notification from the link system to the remote client device via a second channel in response to the notification, to indicate that the information has been updated, the second channel having a bandwidth smaller than a bandwidth of the first channel, wherein the message sent to the remote client device comprises an address identifying the information updated at the remote network server;

    receiving a request from the remote client device, the request including an indication of the address; and

    forwarding the updated information to the remote client device via the first channel in response to the request.

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