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Method for operating a cellular telecommunications network, and method for operating a personal cellular telecommunications device

  • US 8,150,426 B2
  • Filed: 05/15/2007
  • Issued: 04/03/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A cellular telecommunications method includinga) Receiving a plurality of individual, interactive display messages by a personal cellular telecommunications device without any action by a user of said device, said device having a display screen that normally displays an idle screen, and each interactive 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 received interactive display messages in a dynamic storage buffer contained in said telecommunications device;

    c) Checking that at least some display messages are complete before being displayed;

    d) If an idle screen is being displayed, streaming individual ones of said stored complete display messages from said dynamic storage buffer for display on at least a portion of said display screen without any user action being required;

    e) Interrupting said displaying of said streaming display message to display a non-idle activity specific screen; and

    f) Automatically 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of a display message having been displayed on the display screen or not, wherein for at least some display messages, an out-of-date display message is automatically and silently discarded if it satisfies the condition that TCLOCK-TRECEIVE>

    TDISCARD where TCLOCK is the clock time of the personal cellular telecommunications device, TRECEIVE is the time of receipt of the display message at the personal cellular telecommunications device, and TDISCARD is a predetermined time interval.

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