Patent ID: 7328022

Claim:
A wireless mobile station for use in a wireless communications network, comprising: a transceiver; a speaker; a microphone; a user interface; a manager, coupled to the transceiver, speaker, microphone, and user interface, and programmed to perform operations comprising: receiving operator initiation of an outgoing point-to-point call to a remote station while the mobile station is receiving broadcast content via a multi-user forward-link broadcast channel; responsive to the operator initiation, determining a call-handling preference and according thereto performing operations including one of the following: sending the network a CALL ORIGINATION message and additional messaging expressing disinterest in continued receipt of the broadcast content; sending the network a CALL ORIGINATION message and further messaging expressing interest in continued receipt of the broadcast content, the further messaging containing election between the point-to-point call and the broadcast content should network resources be unable to conduct both concurrently; waiting for signaling from the network to complete the point-to-point call.