Method and apparatus for facilitating the ultimate making of wireless data transfers
First Claim
1. A method for use in providing wireless data transmission, comprising the steps of:
- receiving data to be transmitted at a store and forward unit;
attempting to transmit the data from said store and forward unit to a wireless data station;
marking as unavailable the wireless data station when the store and forward unit can not successfully complete the data transmission;
waiting for the wireless data station to register after it has been marked as unavailable; and
transmitting the data from the store and forward unit to the data station once a registration is received from the marked wireless data station.
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Abstract
Unnecessary expenses associated with exchanging data with wireless data stations that have become unavailable are avoided, in accordance with the principles of the invention, by a) transmitting the data to be transmitted to a store and forward unit; b) marking as unavailable a wireless data station to which the store and forward unit could not successfully complete the data transmission; c) waiting for the wireless data station to register, i.e., signal its availability to receive data transmissions; and d) transmitting the data from the store and forward unit to the data station once a registration is received from the wireless data station. Optionally, any data transfers to the wireless data station during this waiting period are queued at the store and forward data unit and no attempt is made to contact the wireless data station over the wireless service provider'"'"'s network. Furthermore, if the data station shares communication facilities with a wireless voice telephone, any call attempts to the wireless telephone during the waiting period are disallowed, i.e., no attempt is made to contact the wireless telephone over the wireless service provider'"'"'s network.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for use in providing wireless data transmission, comprising the steps of:
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receiving data to be transmitted at a store and forward unit; attempting to transmit the data from said store and forward unit to a wireless data station; marking as unavailable the wireless data station when the store and forward unit can not successfully complete the data transmission; waiting for the wireless data station to register after it has been marked as unavailable; and transmitting the data from the store and forward unit to the data station once a registration is received from the marked wireless data station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for use in providing wireless data transmission, comprising the steps of:
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receiving data to be transmitted at a store and forward unit; attempting to transmit the data from said store and forward unit to a wireless data station; marking as unavailable the wireless data station when the store and forward unit can not successfully complete the data transmission; waiting for the wireless data station to register after it has been marked as unavailable; and transmitting the data from the store and forward unit to the data station once a registration is received from the marked wireless data station; wherein the data station shares communication facilities with a wireless voice telephone and further including the step of disallowing any call attempts to the wireless telephone during the waiting period.
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5. A method for use in providing wireless data transmission, comprising the steps of:
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transmitting data to be transmitted to a store and forward unit; attempting to transmit the data from said store and forward unit to a wireless data station; marking as unavailable the wireless data station when the store and forward unit can not successfully complete the data transmission; waiting for the wireless data station to signal its availability to receive data transmissions after it has been marked as unavailable; and transmitting the data from the store and forward unit to the marked data station only after a registration is received from the wireless data station. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for use in providing wireless data transmission, comprising the steps of:
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transmitting data to be transmitted to a store and forward unit; attempting to transmit the data from said store and forward unit to a wireless data station; marking as unavailable the wireless data station when the store and forward unit can not successfully complete the data transmission; waiting for the wireless data station to signal its availability to receive data transmissions after it has been marked as unavailable; and transmitting the data from the store and forward unit to the marked data station only after a registration is received from the wireless data station; wherein the data station shares communication facilities with a wireless voice telephone and no attempt is made to contact the wireless telephone over the wireless service provider'"'"'s network for any call attempts to the wireless telephone during the waiting period.
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11. A method for use in a vehicle location and communications system, comprising the steps:
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receiving from a requester a request to transmit data to a vehicle; receiving said data from said requester at a store and forward system; determining that said vehicle was unavailable at the time that an immediately preceding request to communicate with said vehicle was made and that said vehicle has not registered since then; waiting for said vehicle to register; and attempting to transmit said data to said vehicle from said store and forward system upon receipt of a registration signal from said vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. Apparatus in a telephone network for use in providing wireless data transmission from a base station to a wireless data station, comprising:
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a store and forward unit for receiving from said base station data for transmission; means for transmitting said data from said store and forward unit to a wireless data station over a wireless connection; means for marking said wireless data station as unavailable when said wireless data station cannot be successfully connected to; and means for inhibiting said means for transmitting from transmitting to said wireless data station when said wireless data station is marked as unavailable. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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