Patent ID: 7600137
Filing Date: 2009-10-06
Classification: H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for waking up a sleeping device of a plurality of sleeping devices, each sleeping device of said plurality of sleeping devices being coupled to a waking device over a communications network and adapted to provide a service feature, in an awake state, to said waking device at request for said service feature from said waking device, said method comprises: said waking device sending said request for service, said service comprising a plurality of service features to a network element of said communications network; said network element receiving said request for service from said waking device; said network element, at the reception of said request for service, requesting, based on said plurality of service features in said service request of said waking device, each sleeping device of said plurality of sleeping devices that corresponds to a service feature of said plurality of service features comprised by said request for service, to wake up at substantially same time.