Patent ID: 6731929
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
In a communication system in which a mobile station is operable to communicate during a common time period with a first remote station and with a second remote station, the communication between the mobile station and the second remote station comprising packet data-based communication, an improvement of apparatus for effectuating display at the mobile station of data generated at the second remote station, said apparatus comprising:an identifier detector coupled to receive indications of identity indicia associated with the second remote station, said identifier detector for detecting the identity indicia associated with the first remote station upon initiation of communications between the first remote station and the mobile station; a request generator coupled to said identifier detector, said request generator for generating a request for a selected address selected from at least one address indexed together with the identity indicia associated with the first remote station, the selected address identifying the second remote station; a request-response detector coupled to receive indications of a response returned to the mobile station responsive to generation of the request by said request generator, said request-response detector for detecting values of the selected address indexed together with the identity indicia associated with the first remote station; a data retriever coupled to said request-response detector, said data retriever for retrieving data from the second remote station for display at the mobile station.