Patent ID: 8010136
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. Method for communicating a message to user of a mobile platform, comprising: equipping the mobile platform with a transceiver operative to receive a broadcast message and execute two-way wireless communications, an electronic memory storage device, a processor, and a human-machine interface; forming a first message comprising a one-way message; broadcasting the one-way first message from a communications source; receiving the one-way first message broadcast from the communications source at the mobile platform via the transceiver; selectively caching a portion of the one-way first message in the electronic memory storage device and selectively communicating a portion of the one-way first message to the human-machine interface; and, forming and wirelessly communicating a second message comprising a two-way message between the communications source and the mobile platform via the transceiver, the content of the two-way second message enabling the mobile platform to initiate and request content of the one-way first message broadcasted from the communication source to the mobile platform and request retransmission of missing content in the one-way first message, wherein the communication source selectively retransmits the missing content to the mobile platform via the one-way first message or via the two-way second message.