Exploiting a broadcast system to enhance a wireless gaming experience
First Claim
1. A wireless data system, comprising:
- a plurality of handheld wireless devices capable of receiving digital data comprised of a first digital data portion and at least one second digital data portion, a wireless network capable of transmitting said first digital data portion to said plurality of handheld wireless devices;
a data server for creating said digital data, said data server capable of dividing said digital data into said first digital data portion and said second digital data portion and said data server capable of communicating with said wireless network; and
at least one broadcast transmitter communicating with said data server, said at least one broadcast transmitter broadcasting said at least one second digital data portion to said plurality of handheld wireless devices;
wherein said plurality of handheld wireless devices are capable of receiving and combining said first digital data portion and said at least one second digital data portion.
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Abstract
A wireless data system (200) and a method (300) of communicating digital data to a handheld wireless device (202) are provided. The wireless data system (200) includes a plurality of handheld wireless devices (202) capable of receiving digital data comprised of a first digital data portion and at least one second digital data portion. The wireless data system (200) also includes a wireless network (209) capable of transmitting (318) the first digital data portion to the plurality of handheld wireless devices (202), a data server (212) for creating the digital data, the data server capable of communicating with the wireless network, and at least one broadcast transmitter (215) communicating with the data server, the at least one broadcast transmitter broadcasting (321) the at least one second digital data portion to the plurality of handheld wireless devices. The plurality of handheld wireless devices (202) are capable of receiving and combining (323) the first digital data portion and the at least one second digital data portion.
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26 Claims
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1. A wireless data system, comprising:
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a plurality of handheld wireless devices capable of receiving digital data comprised of a first digital data portion and at least one second digital data portion, a wireless network capable of transmitting said first digital data portion to said plurality of handheld wireless devices;
a data server for creating said digital data, said data server capable of dividing said digital data into said first digital data portion and said second digital data portion and said data server capable of communicating with said wireless network; and
at least one broadcast transmitter communicating with said data server, said at least one broadcast transmitter broadcasting said at least one second digital data portion to said plurality of handheld wireless devices;
wherein said plurality of handheld wireless devices are capable of receiving and combining said first digital data portion and said at least one second digital data portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of communicating digital data to a handheld wireless device, comprising the steps of:
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dividing said digital data into a first digital data portion and at least one second digital data portion in said data server, said data server communicating with a wireless network and communicating with a broadcast transmitter;
communicating said first digital data portion to said wireless network;
communicating at least one second digital data portion to said broadcast transmitter;
broadcasting said first digital data portion from said wireless network to said handheld wireless device;
broadcasting said at least one second digital data portion from said broadcast transmitter to said handheld wireless device; and
combining said first digital data portion and said at least one second digital data portion in said handheld wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method in a handheld wireless communication device comprising:
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receiving a first digital data portion from a first network source;
receiving a second digital data portion from a second network source which is not the first network source, said first digital data portion and said second digital data portion divided at a data server;
reconstructing a signal by combining the first digital data portion and the second digital data portion; and
combining said first digital data portion and said second digital data portion. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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