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Communique system for cellular communication networks
Assignee: Qualcomm Inc
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Filing: 2000-08-14
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Granted: 2003-07-15
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Expires: 2020-08-14
Abstract
Abstract The communique system for cellular communication networks operates with existing cellular communication networks to provide communique communication services to subscribers. The communique can be unidirectional (broadcast) or bidirectional (interactive) in nature and the extent of the communique can be network-wide broadcast or narrowcast, where one or more cells and/or cell sectors are grouped to cover a predetermined geographic area or demographic population or subscriber interest group to transmit information to subscribers who populate the target audience for the narrowcast transmissions. The content of these transmissions can be multi-media in nature and comprising a combination of various forms of media: audio, video, graphics, text, data and the like. The subscriber terminal devices used to communicate with the communique system for cellular communication networks are typically full function communication devices that include: WAP enabled cellular telephones, personal digital assistants, Palm Pilots, personal computers, and the like or special communique only communication devices that are specific to communique reception; or MP3 audio players (essentially a radio receiver or communique radio); or an MPEG4 video receiver (communique TV); or other such specialized communication device. The subscriber terminal devices can either be mobile wireless communication devices in the traditional mobile subscriber paradigm, or the fixed wireless communication devices in the more recent wireless product offerings. Furthermore, these communique communication services can be free services, subscription based services, or toll based services, while the data propagation can be based on push, pull and combinations of push/pull information distribution modes.
Inventors
- 👤 Daniel B. McKenna
- 👤 James M. Graziano
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 08:40
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W40/00; H04W40/02; H04W72/00; H04W72/30; H04W48/00; H04W48/20; H04W72/04; H04W72/044; H04W72/0453; H04W92/00; H04W92/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 38
Claim 1
Independent Claim
212 words
A method of operating a communique system for providing a communique, constituting program content concurrently delivered to a plurality of subscribers, who are equipped with wireless subscriber devices, via a cellular communication network that includes a plurality of cell sites, each of which provides a plurality of wireless communication channels in a cell that covers a predetermined volume of space around a cell site transmitting antenna, comprising: selecting at least one of said plurality of cell sites to provide a communique to a plurality of subscribers who are authorized to receive said communique and who are served by said selected plurality of cells, independent of the presence of subscribers who are authorized to receive said communique and who are served by other cells of said cellular communication network; and routing data, constituting said communique, from a selected program source to cell sites associated with said selected cells for concurrent transmission to wireless subscriber devices of subscribers who are authorized to receive said communique and who are served by said selected cells, in at least one of said selected cells said transmission to said plurality of wireless subscriber devices being effected concurrently to more than one of said plurality of wireless subscriber devices via a one of said plurality of wireless communication channels.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
212 words
A method of operating a communique system for providing a communique, constituting program content concurrently delivered to a plurality of subscribers, who are equipped with wireless subscriber devices, via a cellular communication network that includes a plurality of cell sites, each of which provides a plurality of wireless communication channels in a cell that covers a predetermined volume of space around a cell site transmitting antenna, comprising: selecting at least one of said plurality of cell sites to provide a communique to a plurality of subscribers who are authorized to receive said communique and who are served by said selected plurality of cells, independent of the presence of subscribers who are authorized to receive said communique and who are served by other cells of said cellular communication network; and routing data, constituting said communique, from a selected program source to cell sites associated with said selected cells for concurrent transmission to wireless subscriber devices of subscribers who are authorized to receive said communique and who are served by said selected cells, in at least one of said selected cells said transmission to said plurality of wireless subscriber devices being effected concurrently to more than one of said plurality of wireless subscriber devices via a one of said plurality of wireless communication channels.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of: enabling each of said plurality of wireless subscriber devices to receive said information via said one of said plurality of wireless communication channels.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
63 words
The method of claim 2 wherein said step of enabling comprises: identifying each of said plurality of wireless subscriber devices via a communique address assigned to said plurality of wireless subscriber devices to enable the cell sites to recognize each of said plurality of wireless subscriber devices, whose communique address constitutes an identity that is common to said plurality of wireless subscriber devices.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
58 words
The method of claim 3 wherein said step of identifying comprises: assigning a common MIN as said communique address assigned to said plurality of wireless subscriber devices to enable the cell sites to recognize each of said plurality of wireless subscriber devices, whom communique address constitutes an identity that is common to said plurality of wireless subscriber devices.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
47 words
The method of claim 2 wherein said step of enabling comprises: registering at least one of said plurality of wireless subscriber devices to uniquely identify said at least one wireless subscriber device; and authorizing said at least one wireless subscriber device to receive a subscriber selected communique.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said step of routing operates in at least one information distribution mode selected from the class of information distribution modes including: push, pull, and combinations of push/pull information distribution modes.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said step of selecting comprises: defining a set of said cells to provide a communique to at least one of: a predetermined geographic area, a demographic population, and a subscriber interest group.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method of claim 7 wherein said step of defining comprises: identifying, in response to occurrence of an event, a temporal and spatial extent of said communique; and translating said identified temporal and spatial extent into said set of said cells.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 8 wherein said step of defining further comprises: dynamically updating said temporal and spatial extent.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said step of selecting comprises: activating said at least one of said plurality of cell sites to transmit said communique, with each of said at least one of said plurality of cell sites using the same frequency of transmission for said communique.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said step of selecting comprises: creating temporal and spatial extent of narrowcast in the content domain.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 11 wherein said step of creating temporal and spatial extent comprises: defining program segments for a plurality of communiques that are excerpted from a program stream in at least one of said plurality of cell sites.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
74 words
The method of claim 12 further comprising the steps of: transmitting a program stream to said plurality of wireless subscriber devices served by said selected at least one of said plurality of cell sites; and transmitting program stream parsing control signals to said plurality of wireless subscriber devices served by said selected at least one of said plurality of cell sites to define at least one communique that is excerpted from said program stream.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
62 words
The method of claim 13 further comprising the steps of: transmitting a program stream to a plurality of cell sites; and transmitting program stream parsing control signals to said at least one of said plurality of cell sites to define at least one communique that is excerpted from a program stream in said at least one of said plurality of cell sites.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
59 words
The method of claim 14 further comprising the steps of: generating in said plurality of cell sites, a plurality of communiques from said received program stream and said program stream parsing control signals; and transmitting said plurality of communiques to said plurality of wireless subscriber devices served by said selected at least one of said plurality of cell sites.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
55 words
The method of claim 13 further comprising the step of: generating in said plurality of cell sites, a plurality of subframes from said received program stream and said program stream parsing control signals for transmission to said plurality of wireless subscriber devices served by said selected at least one of said plurality of cell sites.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
74 words
The method of claim 16 further comprising the steps of: generating in said plurality of cell sites, program stream subframe parsing control signals to define at least one communique that is excerpted from a subframe of said program stream; and transmitting said received program stream subframe and said program stream subframe parsing control signals to said plurality of wireless subscriber devices served by said selected at least one of said plurality of cell sites.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
51 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said step of selecting comprises: receiving program content from a plurality of program sources; and combining said received program content into a plurality of program streams which comprise a combination of various forms of media including at least one of: audio, video, graphics, text, data.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
211 words
A communique system for providing a communique, constituting program content concurrently delivered to a plurality of subscribers who are equipped with wireless subscriber devices, via a cellular communication network that includes a plurality of cell sites, each of which provides a plurality of wireless communication channels in a cell that covers a predetermined volume of space around a cell site transmitting antenna, comprising: processor means for selecting at least one of said plurality of cells to provide a communique to a plurality of subscribers who are authorized to receive said communique and who are served by said selected cells, independent of the presence of subscribers who are authorized to receive said communique and who are served by other cells of said cellular communication network; and router means for routing data, constituting said communique, from a selected program source to cell sites associated with said selected cells for concurrent transmission to wireless subscriber devices of subscribers who are authorized to receive said communique and who are served by said selected cells, in at least one of said selected cells said transmission to said plurality of wireless subscriber devices being effected concurrently to more than one of said plurality of wireless subscriber devices via a one of said plurality of wireless communication channels.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
211 words
A communique system for providing a communique, constituting program content concurrently delivered to a plurality of subscribers who are equipped with wireless subscriber devices, via a cellular communication network that includes a plurality of cell sites, each of which provides a plurality of wireless communication channels in a cell that covers a predetermined volume of space around a cell site transmitting antenna, comprising: processor means for selecting at least one of said plurality of cells to provide a communique to a plurality of subscribers who are authorized to receive said communique and who are served by said selected cells, independent of the presence of subscribers who are authorized to receive said communique and who are served by other cells of said cellular communication network; and router means for routing data, constituting said communique, from a selected program source to cell sites associated with said selected cells for concurrent transmission to wireless subscriber devices of subscribers who are authorized to receive said communique and who are served by said selected cells, in at least one of said selected cells said transmission to said plurality of wireless subscriber devices being effected concurrently to more than one of said plurality of wireless subscriber devices via a one of said plurality of wireless communication channels.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
34 words
The communique system of claim 19 further comprising: authorization means for enabling each of said plurality of wireless subscriber device to receive said information via said one of said plurality of wireless communication channels.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
67 words
The communique system of claim 20 wherein said authorization means comprises: subscriber identification means for identifying each of said plurality of wireless subscriber devices via a communique address assigned to said plurality of wireless subscriber devices to enable the cell sites to recognize each of said plurality of wireless subscriber devices, whose communique address constitutes an identity that is common to said plurality of wireless subscriber devices.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
63 words
The communique system of claim 21 wherein said subscriber identification means comprises: subscriber address means for assigning a common MIN as said communique address assigned to said plurality of wireless subscriber devices to enable the cell sites to recognize each of said plurality of wireless subscriber devices, whose communique address constitutes an identity that is common to said plurality of wireless subscriber devices.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
54 words
The communique system of claim 20 wherein said authorization means comprises: registration means for registering at least one of said plurality of wireless subscriber devices to uniquely identify said at least one wireless subscriber device; and channel assigning means for authorizing said at least one wireless subscriber device to receive a subscriber selected communique.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
36 words
The communique system of claim 19 wherein said router means operates in at least one information distribution mode selected from the class of information distribution modes including: push, pull, and combinations of push/pull information distribution modes.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
44 words
The communique system of claim 19 wherein said processor means comprises: spatial temporal communique manager means for defining a set of said cells to provide a communique to at least one of: a predetermined geographic area, a demographic population, and a subscriber interest group.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
47 words
The communique system of claim 25 wherein said spatial temporal communique manager means comprises: means, responsive to occurrence of an event, for identifying a temporal and spatial extent of said communique; and means for translating said identified temporal and spatial extent into said set of said cells.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
24 words
The communique system of claim 26 wherein said spatial temporal communique manager means further comprises: means for dynamically updating said temporal and spatial extent.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
50 words
The communique system of claim 19 wherein said processor means comprises: means for activating said at least one of said plurality of cell sites to transmit a communique, with each of said at least one of said plurality of cell sites using the same frequency of transmission for said communique.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
26 words
The communique system of claim 19 wherein said processor means comprises: program database means for creating a temporal and spatial extent narrowcast in the content domain.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
41 words
The communique system of claim 29 wherein said program database means comprises: database data means for defining program segments for a plurality of communiques that are excerpted from a program stream in at least one of said plurality of cell sites.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
80 words
The communique system of claim 30 further comprising: network interface means for transmitting a program stream to said plurality of wireless subscriber devices served by said selected at least one of said plurality of cell sites; and control signal means for transmitting program stream parsing control signals to said plurality of wireless subscriber devices served by said selected at least one of said plurality of cell sites to define at least one communique that is excerpted from said program stream.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
66 words
The communique system of claim 31 further comprising: router means, located in said plurality of cell sites, for generating a plurality of communiques from said received program stream and said program stream parsing control signals; and base station transceiver means for transmitting said plurality of communiques to said plurality of wireless subscriber devices served by said selected at least one of said plurality of cell sites.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
68 words
The communique system of claim 30 further comprising: network interface means for transmitting a program stream to a plurality of cell sites; and control signal means for transmitting program stream parsing control signals to said at least one of said plurality of cell sites to define at least one communique that is excerpted from a program stream in said at least one of said plurality of cell sites.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
57 words
The communique system of claim 33 further comprising: router means, located in sold plurality of cell sites for generating a plurality of subframes from said received program stream and said program stream parsing control signals for transmission to said plurality of wireless subscriber devices served by said selected at least one of said plurality of cell sites.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
82 words
The communique system of claim 34 further comprising: content parsing means, located in said plurality of cell sites, for generating program stream subframe parsing control signals to define at least one communique that is excerpted from a subframe of said program stream; and base station transceiver means for transmitting said received program stream subframe and said program stream subframe parsing control signals to said plurality of wireless subscriber devices served by said selected at least one of said plurality of cell sites.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
58 words
The communique system of claim 19 wherein said router means comprises: interface means for receiving program content from a plurality of program sources; and content scheduling means for combining said received program content into a plurality of program streams, each of which comprises at least one media from the class of media including: audio, video, graphics, text, data.
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