US Patent 7830826 Multicast relay for mobile devices

Patent 7830826 was granted and assigned to Nokia on November, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Nokia

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7830826

Date of Patent

November 9, 2010

Patent Application Number

10884811

Date Filed

July 1, 2004

Patent Primary Examiner

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Michael T Thier

Patent abstract

Exchanging data between a mobile device and a network involves receiving, via the network, multicast service announcements from a plurality of service providers. The multicast service announcements are stored in a cache. A service search request originating from the mobile device is received. A reply to the service search request is determined based on the multicast service announcements stored in the cache. The reply is provided to the mobile device in response to the service search request.