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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2007
Ragulan Sinnarajah, Markham, CA;
Jun Wang, San Diego, CA (US);
Tao Chen, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for managing a point-to-point call initiated () between a wireless mobile station () and a remote party while the mobile is receiving broadcast content via one or more multi-user forward-link broadcast channels (). The mobile station notifies () the network () of preferences as to prescribed categories of operating conditions, such as whether to continue receiving the broadcast content, and election between the point-to-point call and broadcast content concurrently. In accordance with the preferences, communications are conducted () in one of the following operating modes: (1) conducting the point-to-point call and discontinuing reception of the broadcast, (2) conducting the point-to-point call and continuing reception of the broadcast, (3) aborting completion of the point-to-point call and continuing reception of the broadcast.