Method for operating a cellular telecommunications network, and method for operating a personal cellular telecommunications device
First Claim
1. For use in a cellular telecommunications network including a plurality of individually addressable Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs) providing bidirectional signal coverage over a predefined geographical area, capable of transmitting Point-To-MultiPoint (PTMP) messages over a Point-To-MultiPoint Service (PTMPS) functionality and capable of transmitting Point-To-Point (PTP) messages, a method for operating the cellular telecommunications network comprisingthe step of transmitting a cellular broadcasting service consisting of a substantially continuous stream of mostly different content, at least some interactive display messages for streaming display on at least one enabled personal cellular telecommunications devices where each interactive display message enables a subscriber to automatically activate a point-to-point transmission response mechanism integrally provided in a display message and can be actuated by a dedicated response means associated therewith, said transmitting step including transmitting a staggered sequence of display messages advertising an item in progressively smaller geographical areas centered around a predefined location.
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Abstract
For use in a cellular telecommunications network including a plurality of individually addressable Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs) providing bidirectional signal coverage over a predefined geographical area, capable of transmitting Point-To-MultiPoint (PTMP) messages over a Point-To-MultiPoint Service (PTMPS) functionality, and capable of transmitting Point-To-Point (PTP) messages, streaming of a substantially continuous stream of mostly different content, at least some interactive display messages on at least one personal cellular telecommunications device prior to their automatic discarding irrespective of their having been displayed or not.
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1. For use in a cellular telecommunications network including a plurality of individually addressable Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs) providing bidirectional signal coverage over a predefined geographical area, capable of transmitting Point-To-MultiPoint (PTMP) messages over a Point-To-MultiPoint Service (PTMPS) functionality and capable of transmitting Point-To-Point (PTP) messages, a method for operating the cellular telecommunications network comprising
the step of transmitting a cellular broadcasting service consisting of a substantially continuous stream of mostly different content, at least some interactive display messages for streaming display on at least one enabled personal cellular telecommunications devices where each interactive display message enables a subscriber to automatically activate a point-to-point transmission response mechanism integrally provided in a display message and can be actuated by a dedicated response means associated therewith, said transmitting step including transmitting a staggered sequence of display messages advertising an item in progressively smaller geographical areas centered around a predefined location.
- 3. For use in a cellular telecommunications network including a plurality of Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs) including a plurality of individually addressable Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs) each providing bidirectional signal coverage over a predefined geographical area, a method for operating a personal cellular telecommunications device including a subscriber interface having a display screen, a method for advertising the purchase price of an item, the method comprising the step of displaying a staggered sequence of display messages on the display screen advertising the item in progressively smaller geographical areas centered around a predefined location.
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7. A cellular telecommunications method including
a. Silently receiving a plurality of individual, interactive display messages by a personal cellular telecommunications device without any action by a user or said device, said device having a display screen that normally displays an idle screen, and each interactive display message having mostly different content from the other plurality of interactive display messages and enabling a user of said device to activate a point to point transmission response mechanism; -
b. Temporarily storing each of said silently received interactive display messages in a dynamic storage buffer contained in said telecommunications device; c. If an idle screen is being displayed, streaming individual ones of said stored display messages from said dynamic storage buffer for display on at least a portion of said display screen; d. Interrupting said displaying of said streaming display messages to display a non-idle activity specific screen; and e. Automatically, silently discarding display messages from said dynamic storage buffer in accordance with a display message discard scheme irrespective of a display message having been displayed on the display screen or not. - View Dependent Claims (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)
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Specification