Patent ID: 8477693

Claim:
A method of operating a wireless communication system, the method comprising: in a wireless access node, exchanging wireless communications with a plurality of wireless communication devices located in a sector served by the wireless access node to provide wireless internet access; in a communication control system, configuring the wireless access node to broadcast a message stream comprising information associated with a location covered by the sector serving the wireless communication devices; in the wireless access node, broadcasting the message stream to the wireless communication devices located in the sector; in the communication control system, receiving an interest indicator that indicates a level of interest in the message stream by the wireless communication devices; in the communication control system, receiving a request to receive the message stream transmitted from an out-of-sector wireless communication device served by a different sector from the sector serving the wireless communication devices, wherein the request includes interest filter criteria; in the communication control system, applying the interest filter criteria to activate a subscription to the message stream for the out-of-sector wireless communication device when the interest filter criteria is met based on the interest indicator; and in the communication control system, in response to activating the subscription to the message stream, transferring a message for delivery to the out-of-sector wireless communication device, wherein the message comprises the information associated with the location covered by the sector serving the wireless communication devices.