Patent ID: 6275692
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A server connectable to a cellular communication network for providing a service via the cellular communication network to a mobile station operating in the cellular communication network, comprising:an input for receiving from the mobile station via the cellular communication network a request for service, said request for service having the ability to include a code for determining operational capabilities of the mobile station, said operational capabilities indicative of a level of the requested service supported by the mobile station and for receiving a request for service which may not include the code for determining operational capabilities; andan output for providing a reply responsive to the request, wherein said reply is provided in at least one format depending upon the operational capabilities of the mobile station if said code has been provided and in a default format if said code has not been provided or is not decodeable so as to determine the operational capabilities of the mobile station and in which the operable characteristics of said mobile station does not need to change in response to said message.