Method and apparatus to count broadcast content recipients in a wireless telephone network
CA 2516223 C · Owner: Grilli, Francesco · Inventors: Grilli, Francesco; Casaccia, Lorenzo
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A base station (110) in a wireless communications network (100) counts mobile stations (114) receiving broadcast content via multi-user channel. The base station broadcasts (608) a repeating message identifying at least one broadcast content stream and, for each stream a REGISTER (R) or DO NOT , REGISTER (DNR) indicator. Mobile stations periodically re-examine (722) contents of this message. When the indicator is R for a broadcast content stream, mobile stations whose users have elected to receive it send (714) the base station a registration message for that stream. When the number of registered mobile stations reaches (612) a prescribed number the base station , changes (614) the …
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- Filed February 18, 2004 and granted July 3, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 18, 2024.
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