Wireless messaging and content provision systems and methods
First Claim
1. A method used by a content provider that provides notification of content intended for a subscriber having a wireless transceiver configured to receive messages and retrieve remotely stored content, comprising:
- storing in a memory a plurality of items of content available to the wireless transceiver;
causing transmission of a notification to a subscriber by paging call, the notification configured to;
(1) include a content identifier specifying a particular item of content from among the plurality of items of content in the memory and a system address indicating a system to be contacted to trigger retrieval of the content, (2) formatted for display on the subscriber'"'"'s wireless transceiver, and (3) enable the subscriber to request the particular item of content by responding with at least a portion of the notification to cause the particular item of content to be downloaded;
causing error status information to be transmitted to the wireless transceiver from the system to be contacted to trigger retrieval of the content; and
responsive to a transmission from the wireless transceiver, transmitting the particular item of content to the wireless transceiver following receipt from the wireless transceiver of a request that is based at least in part on the error status information.
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Abstract
A messaging system and methods used by content providers to deliver items of content stored in an internet-accessible storage system to a cell phone by causing communication of notifications or paging calls to the cell phone that specify the item of content from among other items of content stored in the storage system and include a system address for the cell phone to initially contact to request the item of content; and methods that identify the system storing the content, that receive identifiers from a separate identification service; that update the content without causing communication of another notification; and that provide for performing action on information at different times, and for selective paging.
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27 Claims
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1. A method used by a content provider that provides notification of content intended for a subscriber having a wireless transceiver configured to receive messages and retrieve remotely stored content, comprising:
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storing in a memory a plurality of items of content available to the wireless transceiver; causing transmission of a notification to a subscriber by paging call, the notification configured to;
(1) include a content identifier specifying a particular item of content from among the plurality of items of content in the memory and a system address indicating a system to be contacted to trigger retrieval of the content, (2) formatted for display on the subscriber'"'"'s wireless transceiver, and (3) enable the subscriber to request the particular item of content by responding with at least a portion of the notification to cause the particular item of content to be downloaded;causing error status information to be transmitted to the wireless transceiver from the system to be contacted to trigger retrieval of the content; and responsive to a transmission from the wireless transceiver, transmitting the particular item of content to the wireless transceiver following receipt from the wireless transceiver of a request that is based at least in part on the error status information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system that provides notification of content intended for a subscriber having a wireless transceiver configured to receive messages and retrieve remotely stored content, comprising:
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a memory configured to store a plurality of items of content available to the wireless transceiver; a first processor configured to cause transmission of a notification to a subscriber by paging call, the notification configured to;
(1) include a content identifier specifying a particular item of content from among the plurality of items of content in the memory and a system address indicating a system to be contacted to trigger retrieval of the content;
(2) formatted for display on the subscriber'"'"'s wireless transceiver, and (3) enable the stored particular item of content to be downloaded;a second processor configured to cause error status information to be transmitted to the wireless transceiver from the system to be contacted to trigger retrieval of the content; and a third processor configured to transmit the particular item of content to the wireless transceiver responsive to a request from the wireless transceiver following receipt from the wireless transceiver of a request that is based at least in part on the error status information. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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