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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2001
John M. Burgan, N. Palm Beach, FL (US);
Eugene Lopatukhin, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A wide area communication system ( ) employs a method and apparatus for providing a localized information ( ) to a communication device ( ) located in the wide area communication system ( ). The wide area communication system ( ) includes a plurality of local coverage areas ( ) that are each served by one or more broadcast transmission sites ( ). A broadcast transmission site ( ) providing communication service to a local coverage area that includes the communication device ( ) transmit, during a first pre-allocated time interval and/or together with a first pre-allocated broadcast address, information relating to their local coverage area. During a second time interval and/or together with an individual address ( ) of the communication device ( ), the same broadcast transmission sites together with other broadcast transmission sites in the wide area communication system ( ) transmit an individualized information ( ) to the communication device ( ).