Tower discovery and failover
First Claim
1. A method for providing communication between broadcast towers and a client device, comprising:
- selecting services with a scheduling interface;
scheduling a transmission of message content, wherein the message content corresponds to messages associated with at least one of the selected services;
assembling a frame with a frame header and the message content;
formatting the frame header with a service region identifier, wherein the service region identifier corresponds to a service region for a broadcast tower; and
transmitting the frame from the broadcast tower at a first scheduled time for reception by the client device.
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Abstract
Described is a communication system including wireless client devices. In the described system, the client devices may be wrist-worn watches such as are in common use today, except that the watches are specially configured to receive transmissions from broadcast towers. A client device is associated with one or more home service regions, and is configured to receive personal messages on a home channel when in the home service region. The client device employs a self-assignment method to identify and select a home channel without the need for interaction by a user. A tower discovery method is employed to identify broadcast towers and available channels within a service region. A failover method is employed to identify a change in the broadcast system, and take appropriate action such as, for example, changing to another broadcast tower, selecting another frequency, selecting a sleep mode, as well as others.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing communication between broadcast towers and a client device, comprising:
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selecting services with a scheduling interface;
scheduling a transmission of message content, wherein the message content corresponds to messages associated with at least one of the selected services;
assembling a frame with a frame header and the message content;
formatting the frame header with a service region identifier, wherein the service region identifier corresponds to a service region for a broadcast tower; and
transmitting the frame from the broadcast tower at a first scheduled time for reception by the client device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for providing communication between broadcast towers and at least one client device, comprising:
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a means for selecting services with a scheduling interface;
a means for scheduling a transmission of a message payload, wherein the message payload is associated with at least one of the selected services;
a means for assembling a transmission frame with a frame header and the message payload;
a means for formatting the frame header with a service region identifier, wherein the service region identifier is associated with a service region for a broadcast tower;
a means for encoding the transmission frame for valid reception by the at least one client device; and
a means for scheduling a broadcast time for the transmission frame; and
a means for transmitting the frame from the broadcast tower at the scheduled time for reception by the at least one client device. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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