Patent ID: 8527017

Claim:
A method for a proxy device to monitor client device pages, said method comprising: receiving client identifiers (IDs), page schedules, and value tags of master and system information blocks (MIB/SIBs) regarding each of at least one client device having a proxy relationship with said proxy device; receiving at said proxy device page scheduling information from a network server; transmitting a deep sleep command to said at least one client device using a short range communication protocol; monitoring said page scheduling information for each of said at least one client device using a long range communication protocol; transmitting tracking area (TA)/location area (LA) and registration updates to a network server on behalf of said at least one client device, wherein said transmitting is over said long range communication protocol and is performed when current TA/LA and registration data update is necessary; and responsive to detecting a page message for one of said at least one client device over said long range communication protocol, transmitting a wake up signal to said at least one client device using said short range communication protocol.