Patent ID: 6628938
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: H04L,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
In a wireless device, a method of selecting an application, said method comprising:receiving application specific messages from a wireless station, said application specific messages being specific to services provided via a wireless station transmitting said application specific messages, and said application specific messages comprising an application specific identifier identifying a specific application and data corresponding to said specific application; determining whether an application is present in said wireless device that corresponds to said received application specific identifier; ignoring said corresponding received data if it is determined that said corresponding application is absent in said wireless device; if it is determined that said corresponding application is present in said wireless device, determining whether said corresponding application is currently active in said wireless device; and activating said corresponding application and passing correspondingly received data to said activated application if it is determined that said corresponding application is currently inactive and said received application specific identifier matches an application specific profile, said application specific profile defining criteria under which said corresponding applications is to be selectively activated.