| US 7,499,414 B2 | ||
| Method for administration of a multicast service | ||
| Mark Beckmann, Braunschweig (Germany); Michael Eckert, Braunschweig (Germany); Christina Gessner, München (Germany); Thomas Gottschalk, Berlin (Germany); Martin Hans, Hildesheim (Germany); Norbert Kroth, Potsdam (Germany); Dirk Langefeld, Langenfeld (Germany); Andreas Otte, Celle (Germany); and Norbert Schwagmann, Braunschweig (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (Germany) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/486,155 PCT Filed Jul. 30, 2002, PCT No. PCT/DE02/02805 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Feb. 06, 2004, PCT Pub. No. WO03/017574, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 27, 2003. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 101 38 514 (DE), filed on Aug. 06, 2001; and application No. 101 60 631 (DE), filed on Dec. 11, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0180680 A1, Sep. 16, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04Q 11/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 370—259 [455/518] | 4 Claims |
| 1. A method for administering a multicast service, the method comprising the steps of:
transmitting a notification to at least one subscriber of the multicast service, that a multicast message is ready for transmission
over a mobile communication network;
receiving, from the at least one subscriber, deactivation/activation information in response to the notification, wherein
the information indicates whether one or more multicast services are one of activated and deactivated with respect to the
multicast message; and
transmitting the multicast message to the at least one subscriber if the deactivation/activation information indicates the
one or more services are activated for receipt of the message.
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