Method of transmitting area-specific information on a telecommunications network
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1. A method of transmitting information to a number of subscribers of a telecommunications network, each of whom have a subscriber terminal, which is connected to at least one node of the telecommunications network, comprising:
- dividing the area covered by the telecommunications network into a number of sub-areas;
maintaining information indicating on which sub-areas the subscribers have ordered information;
maintaining information indicating to which sub-area the subscriber terminals of said subscribers are connected at a given time;
maintaining information indicating the correspondence between each node and each sub-area;
determining on the basis of said information via which nodes said sub-area-specific information is to be transmitted; and
transmitting, in response to a triggering event, sub-area-specific information to the subscribers via nodes of the telecommunications network.
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Abstract
A method of transmitting area-specific information on a telecommunications network. The invention comprises at least one element, e.g., a weather probe, which is external to the telecommunications system and transmits local information to the telecommunications system, which independently determines in which at least one node the information should be transmitted and, after the determination, transmits this information to at least one subscriber terminal via at least one node.
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1. A method of transmitting information to a number of subscribers of a telecommunications network, each of whom have a subscriber terminal, which is connected to at least one node of the telecommunications network, comprising:
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dividing the area covered by the telecommunications network into a number of sub-areas; maintaining information indicating on which sub-areas the subscribers have ordered information; maintaining information indicating to which sub-area the subscriber terminals of said subscribers are connected at a given time; maintaining information indicating the correspondence between each node and each sub-area; determining on the basis of said information via which nodes said sub-area-specific information is to be transmitted; and transmitting, in response to a triggering event, sub-area-specific information to the subscribers via nodes of the telecommunications network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for transmitting information to a number of subscribers of a telecommunications network, each of whom have a subscriber terminal, which is connected to at least one node of the telecommunications network, the area covered by the telecommunications network being divided into a number of sub-areas, the apparatus comprising:
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a storage mechanism configured to maintain information indicating on which sub-areas the subscribers have ordered information, said information being sub-area-specific information; a storage mechanism configured to maintain information indicating to which sub-area the subscriber terminals of said subscribers are connected at a given time; a storage mechanism configured to maintain information indicating the correspondence between each node and each sub-area; a processor configured to determine on the basis of said information via which nodes said sub-area-specific information is to be transmitted; and a transmitter configured to transmit, in response to a triggering event, sub-area specific information via nodes of the telecommunications system. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus for transmitting information to a number of subscribers of a telecommunications network, the apparatus comprising:
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means for transmitting information via nodes of the telecommunications system, the area covered by the telecommunications network being divided into a number of sub-areas; means for maintaining information indicating on which sub-areas the subscribers have ordered information, said information being sub-area-specific information; means for maintaining information indicating to which sub-area the subscriber terminals of said subscribers are connected at a given time; means for maintaining information indicating the correspondence between each node and each sub-area; means for determining on the basis of said information via which nodes said sub-area-specific information is to be transmitted; and means for transmitting, in response to a trigger event, sub-area specific information to the subscribers via nodes of the telecommunications network.
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