Location-based broadcast messaging for radioterminal users
CA 2586024 C · Owner: Atc Technologies, Llc · Inventors: Karabinis, Peter D.
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Methods, radioterminals, and broadcast message generation consoles provide location-based broadcast messaging for users. A method of operating a radioterminal can include receiving at the radioterminal over a wireless air interface a broadcast message that includes region information that defines a geographic region of applicability. A determination is made at the radioterminal whether the radioterminal is located in the region of applicability. A functional mode of the radioterminal is activated in response to the radioterminal being in the region of applicability. The functional mode may include activating a user interface of the radioterminal.
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- Filed December 7, 2005 and granted April 8, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 7, 2025.
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