Information services provision in a telecommunications network

A method of moving an Agent between information host platforms in the radio telecommunications system, the method including the steps of;

• sending from a first information host platform, a subscriber terminal location request to a remote tracking system;
• receiving a location pointer designating a destination information host platform from the remote tracking system and attaching the pointer to the Agent registered with the first information host platform;
• and
• sending the Agent from the first information host platform to the destination information host platform designated by the location pointer.

A method of moving an Agent from a first information host platform to a second information host platform in the radio telecommunications system, the method including the steps of;

• receiving at the first and second information host platforms notification that the Agent is to be moved from the first information host platform to the second information host platform;
• attaching at the first information host platform a data pointer to the Agent, setting a terminal pointer;
• sending the Agent from the first information host platform to the second information host platform designated by the terminal and data pointers;
• at the second information host platform:
• setting a terminal pointer;
• setting a cycle number for the second information host platform;
• sending a remove order to the first host information platform;
• and at the first information host platform;
• receiving the remove order and either re-setting a cycle number, associated with the first information host platform if the cycle number for the first information host platform is greater than zero or, if equal to zero, deleting the terminal pointer, the data pointer and the cycle number associated with the first information host platform.

A method of moving an Agent from a first information host platform to a second information host platform in a radio telecommunications system for facilitating access of information services by a subscriber terminal, the system including a plurality of base stations serving a respective geographical area and establishing a radio communications link with the subscriber terminal, and a plurality of information host platforms one of each thereof being associated with a respective base station in which each information host platform incorporates information services local to said respective geographical area, the method including the steps of:

• receiving at the first and second information host platforms notification that the Agent is to be moved from the first information host platform to the second information host platform;
• attaching at the first information host platform a data pointer to the Agent, setting a terminal pointer;
• sending the Agent from the first information host platform to the second information host platform designated by the terminal and data pointers;
• at the second information host platform:
• setting a terminal pointer;
• setting a cycle number for the second information host platform;
• sending a remove order to the first host information platform;
• at the first information host platform:
• receiving the remove order and either re-setting a cycle number, associated with the first information host platform if the cycle number for the first information host platform is greater than zero or, if equal to zero, deleting the terminal pointer, the data pointer and the cycle number associated with the first information host platform.