Patent ID: 7089003

Claim:
A method for transmitting data to selected wireless devices in a wireless network without assignment of a unique network address, respectively, to each of the wireless devices, the method comprising: provisioning a wireless device with at least a hardware serial number (HSN) and multiple generic access numbers (GANs); registering with a service provider by randomly selecting a GAN and transmitting the GAN as well as the HSN to the service provider; receiving at the wireless device a registration response comprising the randomly-selected generic access number (GAN) and multiple identifications of multiple radio channels; switching at the wireless device to each radio channel and measuring a signal strength of each radio channel; sending from the wireless device a final request including the signal strength of each radio channel; receiving a broadcast access number (BAN) and an identification of a radio channel at the wireless device; receiving a broadcast over the radio channel with the broadcast including data directed to the wireless device and associated with the BAN; and causing the wireless device to use the identification of the radio channel to monitor the radio channel and to use the BAN to access the data directed to the wireless device and associated with the BAN from the broadcast made over the radio channel.