Patent ID: 6668169
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
Within a wireless communication system, a method for communicating a chat topic between a chat server and a wireless communication device, the method comprising:within the chat server: receiving a request for active chat topics from the wireless communication device, wherein the request is sent from the wireless communication device to the chat server via an inbound radio frequency channel, sending a chat response to the wireless communication device, wherein the chat response is sent from the chat server to the wireless communication device via an outbound radio frequency channel, and further wherein the chat response comprises: the active chat topics along with an associated unique chat address and an associated one or more chat preferences for each of the active chat topics, wherein the one or more chat preferences define one or more operations to be performed by the wireless communication device when communicating within the active chat topic; within the wireless communication device: selecting at least one of the active topics, storing the chat address and the one or more chat preferences associated with the selected at least one of the active topics, and sending a request for subscription: and within the chat server: receiving the request for subscription from the wireless communication device, wherein the request for subscription is sent from the wireless communication device to the chat server via the inbound radio frequency channel, and further wherein the request for subscription comprises: the chat server address, an address identifying the wireless communication device, and a subscription request including at least one of the active chat topics; and adding the address of the wireless communication device to the at least one of the active chat topics.