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US 2013/0281102 A1Published application
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AssigneeNeul Ltd.
InventorWilliam Webb
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Abstract
A communication device for communicating with a plurality of terminals, the communication device being configured to determine that a network event will affect the plurality of terminals and could trigger each of those terminals to attempt to transmit information relating to the network event to the communication device and arrange so that only a subset of the plurality of terminals will attempt to transmit in response to the network event.
Claims23
A communication device for communicating with a plurality of terminals, the communication device being configured to:
- determine, in dependence on information received from one or more of the terminals, that an alert has occurred;
- anticipate that the plurality of terminals may attempt to transmit messages informing it of the alert;
- identify other terminals that are likely to be affected by the alert;
- and
- arrange so that only a subset of those other terminals will attempt to transmit in response to the alert.
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A method for communicating with a plurality of terminals, comprising:
- determining, in dependence on information received from one or more of the terminals, that an alert has occurred;
- anticipating that the plurality of terminals may attempt to transmit messages informing it of the alert;
- identifying other terminals that are likely to be affected by the alert;
- and
- arranging so that only a subset of those other terminals will attempt to transmit in response to the alert.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.