Method and apparatus in a wireless communication system for controlling a delivery of data
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorDwight Randall Smith
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Abstract
A subscriber unit (122) maintains an application registry (226) for registering (404) applications accessible to the subscriber unit. A fixed portion (102) of a wireless communication system keeps (514) a current copy (324) of the application registry of the subscriber unit, and checks (520) the current copy of the application registry in response to having data to send to the subscriber unit. The fixed portion sends (526) the data only when the fixed portion determines (522) that an application compatible with the data is accessible to the subscriber unit.
Claims13
A method in a wireless communication system for controlling a delivery of data from a fixed portion of the wireless communication system to a subscriber unit, the method comprising in the subscriber unit the step of:
- maintaining an application registry comprising a list of all software applications that are currently accessible to the subscriber unit;
- and
- in the fixed portion of the wireless communication system, the steps of:
- keeping a current copy of the application registry of the subscriber unit;
- checking the current copy of the application registry in response to having the data to send to the subscriber unit;
- and
- sending the data only when the checking step determines that an application compatible with the data is accessible lo the subscriber unit.
A controller in a fixed portion of a wireless communication system for controlling a delivery of data to a subscriber unit which maintains an application registry comprising a list of all software applications that are currently accessible to the subscriber unit, the controller comprising:
- a network interface for accepting the data from an originator;
- a processing system coupled to the network interface for processing the data, the processing system comprising a memory;
- and
- a base station interface coupled to the processing system for controlling a base station to transmit the data;
- wherein the processing system is programmed to:
- keep in the memory a current copy of the application registry of the subscriber unit;
- check the current copy of the application registry in response to having the data to send to the subscriber unit;
- and
- send the data only when an application compatible with the data is accessible to the subscriber unit.
A subscriber unit in a wireless communication system for controlling a delivery of data from a fixed portion of the wireless communication system, the subscriber unit comprising:
- a receiver for receiving the data;
- a processing system coupled to the receiver for processing the data;
- and
- a transmitter coupled to the processing system for communicating with the fixed portion of the wireless communication system,
- wherein the processing system is programmed to:
- maintain an application registry comprising a list of all software applications that are currently accessible to the subscriber unit;
- and
- in response to a change in accessibility of an application,
- update the application registry;
- and
- control the transmitter to communicate the change to the fixed portion of the wireless communication system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.