Patent ID: 7941127

Claim:
A subscription server for use with a plurality of mobile cellular communications devices, at least one cellular base station configured to wirelessly communicate with the mobile cellular communications devices, and a central station configured to determine available capacity of the at least one cellular base station based upon active wireless communications with the mobile cellular communications devices, the subscription server comprising: at least one data storage device configured to store non-real time subscription data; and a controller configured to connect to said at least one data storage device and configured to cooperate with the central station to provide an initial portion of non-real time subscription data to respective mobile cellular communications devices via the at least one cellular base station when the determined available capacity thereof is greater than a first capacity threshold, and configured to thereafter provide a remaining portion of the non-real time subscription data to the respective mobile cellular communications devices via the at least one cellular base station when the determined available capacity thereof is greater than a second threshold different than the first capacity threshold.