Method and apparatus for broadcasting software update information to mobile phones over a wireless communications network
US7542759B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 18, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jun 2, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 8, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M1/72406
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A local area wireless communications network includes an MCU which generally operates to manage the placement of audio and other information into frames that are transmitted to a base station which serves to convert the frames from one signal format to another signal format and broadcast the frames over a wireless medium to associated mobile communications devices. The wireless communications system operates in a way that permits the broadcasting of new software files from the base stations to associated mobile communications devices in a parallel manner without having a detrimental affect on the operation of the communications system. The MCU operates to place download alert information and download payload information into the frames in such a format and into certain positions in the frame that this information can be recognized and stored by the mobile phones which use it to update their current software.
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