Method and system for providing a service
First Claim
1. A method for providing a service to a user comprising the steps of:
- defining an area in which said service is available;
transmitting information to a plurality of users in said area the same time via a common channel; and
determining if a user is in said area and if said user is in said area, said user being arranged to receive said information transmitted on said common channel, wherein if said user is outside said area, said user being provided with an option of receiving said information via a dedicated channel or the option of not receiving said information, said user being charged for the information received via the common channel in dependence with the selected option.
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Abstract
The invention is directed to a method for providing a service to a user comprising the steps of defining an area in which the service is available, transmitting information to a plurality of users in the said area at the same time via a common channel to determine if the user is in the said area. If the user is in the said area, the user is arranged to receive the information transmitted on the common channel, and if the user is outside the said area, the user is provided with the option of receiving the information via a dedicated channel or the option of not receiving the information. The user is charged for the information received via the common channel in dependence with the selected option.
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42 Claims
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1. A method for providing a service to a user comprising the steps of:
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defining an area in which said service is available; transmitting information to a plurality of users in said area the same time via a common channel; and determining if a user is in said area and if said user is in said area, said user being arranged to receive said information transmitted on said common channel, wherein if said user is outside said area, said user being provided with an option of receiving said information via a dedicated channel or the option of not receiving said information, said user being charged for the information received via the common channel in dependence with the selected option. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 42)
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38. A telecommunications system in which a service is provided to at least one user, said system comprising:
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a first area in which said service is available and a second area in which said area is not available; means for determining if a user is in said first area or said second area; means for transmitting information to a plurality of users in said first area at the same time via a common channel, wherein if a user is outside said area, said user being provided with an option of receiving said information via a dedicated channel or the option of not receiving said information; and charging means arranged to charge said user for the information in dependence with the selected option. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41)
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