Patent ID: 7099659
Filing Date: 2006-08-29
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of managing message-presentation in a subscriber station, the method comprising: dividing a control instruction into a plurality of segments, the control instruction containing a time-based schedule for presentation of a presentable message; producing a plurality of Short Message Service (SMS) messages by a process comprising, for each segment, encoding each segment so as to produce a respective SMS message; and sending to the subscriber station, via a communications network, (i) the presentable message, and (ii) the plurality of SMS messages so as to allow the subscriber station to recover the plurality of segments and reassemble the plurality of segments into the control instruction, and so as to allow the subscriber station to then responsively present the presentable message according to the time-based schedule contained within the control instruction, wherein the schedule includes a start-time value that indicates when to start presentation of the presentable message.