Mobile communication system having a direct and broadcast link
AssigneeThomson Licensing
InventorsKumar Ramaswamy, Edwin Arturo Heredia
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Abstract
A mobile communications system includes a plurality of mobile communications devices. A direct link communicates information between a communications network and a selected one of the plurality of mobile communications devices. A broadcast link simultaneously broadcasts information from the communications network intended to be receivable by the plurality of mobile communications devices.
Claims22
A mobile communications device, comprising:
- a first interface for communicating information with a communications network via a direct link;
- and
- a second interface for receiving information from the communications network via a broadcast link;
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- an adaptive device for detecting information requested via said first interface on the broadcast link and controlling said device to receive information from the broadcast link via said second interface.
In a system comprising a plurality of mobile communications devices and a communications network, a method of operating a selected one of the plurality of mobile communications devices, comprising the steps of:
- receiving information from the communications network intended for the selected mobile communications device via a direct link to the selected mobile communications device;
- detecting information requested via the direct link being transmitted by the communications network for the plurality of mobile communications devices;
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- receiving said detected information from the communications network intended for the plurality of mobile communications devices, including the selected mobile communications device, via a broadcast link.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.