Method for contacting a subscriber to multiple wireless bearer services
AssigneeAT&T Wireless Services, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Patrick Coan, Michael Luna
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method for contacting a wireless user who subscribes to several bearer services. The wireless user may be active on only a single bearer service at any given time. The present invention discloses a method for contacting the wireless user by sending alert messages over each of the wireless bearer services in turn until the user is contacted.
Claims18
A method for contacting a subscriber at a wireless communicator capable of selecting between a plurality of wireless communication bearer services, comprising:
- a. selecting a first wireless communication bearer service from said plurality of wireless communication bearer services;
- b. sending a notification message to said wireless communicator via said selected wireless communication bearer service;
- c. waiting a predetermined amount of time for a response from said wireless communicator indicating that said notification message was received;
- d. if said predetermined amount of time elapses before a response is received:
- i. selecting a wireless communication bearer service from the remaining unselected wireless communication bearer services of said plurality of wireless communication bearer services;
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- ii. repeating steps b through d.
A method for contacting a subscriber at a wireless communicator capable of selecting between a plurality of wireless communication bearer services, comprising:
- selecting a first wireless communication bearer service from said plurality of wireless communication bearer services;
- repeating the following steps until a response is received from said wireless communicator or until a connection has been attempted on each of said plurality of wireless communication bearer services:
- i. sending a notification message to said wireless communicator via said selected wireless communication bearer service;
- ii. waiting a predetermined amount of time for a response from said wireless communicator indicating that said notification message was received;
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- iii. if said predetermined amount of time elapses before a response is received, selecting a wireless communication bearer service from the remaining unselected wireless communication bearer services of said plurality of wireless communication bearer services.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.