Patent ID: 6304746
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
In a wireless communications system including a plurality of cell sites, a method for providing formatted information, to uniquely identifiable two-way wireless communications devices, using minimal airtime, the method comprising the steps of:(a) storing a plurality of non-hierarchal page templates each having a page identifier and at least two information fields;(b) receiving a request from a first two-way wireless communications device, the request specifying the first device and a first page identifier selected by a user of the first device;(c) determining a first page template of the plurality of page templates that corresponds to the first page identifier, the first page template including a first information field and a corresponding first information field identifier, and a second information field and a corresponding second information field identifier;(d) determining first information relating to the first information field by retrieving the first information from a first data source, and second information relating to the second information field by retrieving the second information from a second data source that is distinct from the first data source; and(e) sending a formatted page to the first device, the formatted page including the first information determined in step(d) and the corresponding first information field identifier, and the second information determined in step(d) and the corresponding second information field identifier.