Patent ID: 6292473
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
In a mobile satellite system including a satellite communication switching office having a satellite for providing communication of a satellite message with a mobile communication system via a satellite, a central controller communicating with the mobile communication system via the satellite communication switching office, a communication method comprising:storing a plurality of message display forms in the mobile communication system, each message display form having a predetermined display format and a form identifier;generating at the central controller a user message comprising message data;outputting from the central controller a satellite message carrying the message data and the form identifier of a selected on of the message display forms to the satellite communication switching office;transmitting the satellite message to the mobile communication system via the satellite; anddisplaying the satellite message received by the mobile communication system using a selected one of the stored message display forms corresponding to the form identifier in the transmitted satellite message,wherein the storing step comprises:generating a data message having the form identifier and the corresponding display format of at least one of the message display forms;transmitting the data message as a second satellite message from the satellite communication switching office to the mobile communication system via the satellite; andstoring the received data message at the mobile communication system,wherein the mobile communication system comprises a satellite transceiver, a communication layer software, and an application layer software having a network controller portion and a message form controller, the step of storing the received data message comprising:receiving at the transceiver transmissions carrying the second satellite message from the satellite;outputting from the satellite transceiver to the communication layer software the second satellite message as data packets;assembling the second satellite message from the output data packets in the communication layer software;outputting the second satellite message from the communication layer software to the network controller portion;obtaining the form identifier and the corresponding display format from the transmitted data message; andstoring the form identifier and the corresponding display format in the message form controller.