Patent ID: 6323754
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A telecommunications system comprising a primary station for transmitting downlink messages on a downlink and at least one secondary station for transmitting signals on an uplink, wherein the primary station includes in a downlink message indicia indicating status information associated with the downlink message to be transmitted on the uplink by the at least one secondary station in a status message when said status information is affected by an action taken at the secondary station, and the at least one secondary station comprises means for recovering the downlink message and said indicia, means for displaying the downlink message and for displaying the indicia as representations of one or more icons, means responsive to an action being taken at the secondary station affecting the status information, for transmitting a signal on the uplink including a status message indicating the affected status information and for altering the representation of at least one of the icons.