Method for operating a cellular telecommunications network, and method for operating a personal cellular telecommunications device
First Claim
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of a display message having been displayed on the display screen or not, wherein for at least some display messages, an out-of-date display message is automatically and silently discarded if it satisfies the condition that TCLOCK-TRECEIVE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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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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32 Claims
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1. A cellular telecommunications method including
a) 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 22, 24)
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12. A method of operating a cellular telecommunications network comprising:
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a) providing a plurality of interactive display messages that are to be received by a personal cellular telecommunications device having a display screen and that are to be handled automatically by said telecommunications device from the receipt of the display message to the discarding of the display message, said provided display messages having mostly different content and being for a streaming display only on at least a part of an idle screen of said display screen of said telecommunications device, said display messages further being of a type that can be automatically stored in and discarded from a dynamic storage buffer contained in the telecommunications device wherein said dynamic storage buffer also permits the enabling of a user of said telecommunications device to activate a point to point transmission response mechanism that is integrally provided in said display message;
said telecommunications device receiving a plurality of individual, interactive display messages, checking that at least some display messages are complete before being displayed, temporarily storing each of said received interactive display messages in said dynamic storage buffer, and 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, and interrupting said displaying of said streaming display message to display a non-idle activity specific screen, and 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;b) broadcasting over a particular programming channel a stream of said provided interactive display messages by one or more of a plurality of individually addressable Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) that are part of said cellular telecommunications network, each said BTS providing bidirectional signal coverage over a predefined geographical area and capable of transmitting Point-To-Multi Point (PTMP) messages over a PTMP Service functionality and capable of transmitting and receiving Point-To-Point (PTP) messages, said display messages being broadcast without consideration of their being received, being displayed, being retained or being discarded on a telecommunications device that has received said display messages; and c) receiving a message from a telecommunications device as a result of a user of said telecommunications device activating a transmission response mechanism that has been enabled by one of the broadcasted interactive display messages. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 25)
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21. A method of operating a cellular telecommunications network comprising:
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a) providing a plurality of interactive display messages that are to be received by a personal cellular telecommunications device having a display screen and that are to be handled automatically by said telecommunications device from the receipt of the display message to the discarding of the display message in a completely silent process without any action by a user of said telecommunications device, said provided display messages having mostly different content and being for a streaming display only on at least a part of an idle screen of said display screen of said telecommunications device, said display messages further being of a type that can be automatically stored in and discarded from a dynamic storage buffer contained in the telecommunications device and that also permits the enabling of a user of said telecommunications device to activate a point to point transmission response mechanism that is integrally provided in said display message; b) said telecommunications device silently receiving a plurality of individual, interactive display messages, temporarily storing each of said silently received interactive display messages in said dynamic storage buffer, and if an idle screen is being displayed, silently streaming individual ones of said stored display messages from said dynamic storage buffer for display on at least a portion of said display screen, and interrupting said displaying of said streaming display message to display a non-idle activity specific screen, and 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; c) broadcasting over a particular programming channel a stream of said provided interactive display messages by one or more of a plurality of individually addressable Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) that are part of said cellular telecommunications network, each said BTS providing bidirectional signal coverage over a predefined geographical area and capable of transmitting Point-To-MultiPoint (PTMP) messages over a PTMP Service functionality and capable of transmitting and receiving Point-To-Point (PTP) messages, said display messages being broadcast without consideration of their being received, being displayed, being retained or being discarded on a telecommunications device that has received said display messages; and d) receiving a message from a telecommunications device as a result of a user of said telecommunications device activating a transmission response mechanism that has been enabled by one of the broadcasted interactive display messages. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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