Message handling based on the state of a telecommunications terminal
US8254898B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 4, 2005 |
| Grant date | Aug 28, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 18, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/1859
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed that enable: (i) applications that are external to a telecommunications terminal, rather than the user, to initiate the delivery of content to the terminal, and (ii) the terminal to determine, based on the state of the terminal, whether or not to provide the content to a user. The “state” of the terminal is determined by one or more of (i) user-driven states, (ii) data states, and (iii) call states. When the terminal's state is considered, as in accordance with the illustrative embodiment of the present invention, the readiness of the user and terminal to accept and process the content are accounted for, and as a result the content does not interfere.
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