Patent ID: 7813732
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a wireless mobile station, comprising: receiving wireless transmission of a broadcast parameters message from a base station, the message including an identity of at least one broadcast content stream and, in association with each broadcast content stream, an indicator having one of the following values: REGISTER, DO NOT REGISTER; examining contents of the broadcast parameters message; responsive to conditions including the examination revealing that the indicator is set to REGISTER in association with a given broadcast content stream for which a user of the mobile station has elected to receive, commencing a registration process including transmitting to the base station a prescribed format of a registration message in association with the given broadcast content stream; responsive to conditions including the examination revealing that the indicator is set to DO NOT REGISTER in association with a given broadcast content stream, refraining from transmitting any registration messages to the base station in association with the given broadcast content stream.