Patent ID: 7647058
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for processing a broadcast SMS (Short Message Service) message in a mobile communication terminal, the system comprising: a Broadcast Management Task to perform UI (User Interface) control to process broadcast channels registered by a user of the mobile communication terminal, and to control an FM (Frequency Modulation) radio receiver module to modulate broadcast channel frequencies, to convert the modulated broadcast channel frequencies into voice signals, and to output the voice signals via a speaker; and a Main Control Task to determine whether a Data Burst Message received from a mobile communication system is a broadcast SMS message, and to control the Broadcast Management Task to perform broadcasting if the Data Burst Message is the broadcast SMS message, wherein the Main Control Task determines whether the received broadcast SMS message is a message of a registered broadcast channel, and transmits the received broadcast SMS message to the Broadcast Management Task only if the received broadcast SMS message is a message of the registered broadcast channel, and wherein the Main Control Task comprises: a message type determiner to determine whether the Data Burst Message is the broadcast SMS message by referencing fields ADDR_TYPE, ADDRLEN, ADDRESS containing message sender identification information on the Data Burst Message; a broadcast channel determiner to determine whether the broadcast SMS message is a message of the registered broadcast channel by referencing a sub-field Service of the ADDRESS field; and a broadcast controller to transmit Bearer Data contained in a field CHARi of the Data Burst Message to the Broadcast Management Task if the broadcast SMS message is determined to be a message of the registered broadcast channel by the broadcast channel determiner, and to disregard the Data Burst Message if the broadcast SMS message is determined to be a message of a non-registered broadcast channel.