Patent ID: 7653401
Filing Date: 2010-01-26
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of filtering broadcast messages at a receiver in a communication network, comprising: receiving a broadcast message at the receiver in the communication network if a broadcast service is enabled according to a network configuration setting and a user preference setting; applying one or more filtering criteria to the received broadcast message, wherein the filtering criteria are defined by settings stored in a removable module coupled to the receiver, wherein the one or more filtering criteria comprises a plurality of entries, each entry comprising an information broadcast service category, a language of the information broadcast service category, and a user selection of receipt or no receipt of the entry; and processing the received broadcast message if it is not filtered out by the one or more filtering criteria, wherein the network configuration setting is a service provider imposed setting on a mobile station, the network configuration setting is used for controlling the broadcast service on the mobile station by at least one of disallowing reception of the broadcast messages, allowing reception of the broadcast messages regardless of the filtering criteria set forth in a broadcast service table, and allowing reception of the broadcast messages while consulting the broadcast service table is required, wherein the mobile station sends a message to the service provider indicating whether or not the network configuration setting has been successfully programmed at the mobile station, and wherein the user preference setting is a setting on the mobile station that is managed by the user to control the broadcast service on the mobile station by at least one of deactivating the reception of the broadcast messages, activating the reception of the broadcast messages regardless of the filtering criteria set forth in the broadcast service table as long as the network configuration setting also allows reception of the broadcast message regardless of the filtering criteria set forth in the broadcast service table, and activating reception of the broadcast messages while consulting the broadcast service table is required as long as the network configuration setting also allows reception of the broadcast messages while consulting the broadcast service table is required.