Short sleeve stent delivery catheter and methods

Abstract

The present invention is directed toward the use of Point-To-MultiPoint (PTMP) display messages over a mobile cellular telecommunications infrastructure for supporting a number of multi-user applications including multi-user interactive applications in the case of interactive display messages. Exemplary applications include a consumer survey, a multi-player game, a Content on Demand application, and the staggered broadcast of the same interactive display message over different geographical areas served by different Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs).

1 . For use in a mobile cellular telecommunications network having at least one individually addressable Base Transceiver Station (BTS) providing bi-directional signal coverage to a plurality of subscribers within a predefined geographical area, a method for executing a multi-user interactive application, the method comprising the steps of: 
 (a) transmitting a Point-to-MultiPoint (PTMP) interactive display message at at least one BTS for display on the personal cellular telecommunications devices of each subscriber located within their respective geographical areas;    (b) receiving non-voice call response messages from subscribers' personal cellular telecommunications devices in response to the interactive display message; and    (c) transmitting one or more feedback messages for displaying interactive application related information on the personal cellular telecommunications devices of at least those subscribers who in step (b) invoked non-voice call response messages.    
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1  wherein step (c) includes transmitting a PTMP feedback message at each of the at least one BTSs of step (a).  
     
     
         3 . The method according to either  claim 1  or  2  wherein the multi-user interactive application includes at least one question and answer procedure in which a subscriber is required to select an answer to a question from a plurality of answers.  
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 3  wherein the multi-user interactive application is a consumer survey application, and the interactive application related information in respect of a question includes at least the most popular answer to the question.  
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 4  wherein the interactive application related information in respect of a question includes a breakdown of the number of subscribers who selected each answer to the question.  
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 3  wherein the multi-user interactive application is a multi-player game application in which a question has a single correct answer, and the interactive application related information in respect of a question includes at least the number of subscribers who answered the question correctly.  
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 6  wherein the interactive application related information in respect of a question also includes the total number of subscribers who answered the question.  
     
     
         8 . The method according to  claim 6  wherein a subscriber can request additional information whereupon one or two incorrect answers are scored out.  
     
     
         9 . A computer program loadable into a computer so that the computer programmed in this way is capable of or adapted to carrying out a method in accordance with any one of  claims 1  to  8 .  
     
     
         10 . A program storage device readable by a computer and tangibly embodying a program of instructions for carrying out a method in accordance with any one of  claims 1  to  8 .  
     
     
         11 . A mobile cellular telecommunications network for carrying out a method in accordance with any one of  claims 1  to  8 .  
     
     
         12 . For use in a mobile cellular telecommunications network having at least one individually addressable Base Transceiver Station (BTS) providing bi-directional signal coverage to a plurality of subscribers within a predefined geographical area, a method for supporting a Content on Demand (CoD) application, the method comprising the steps of: 
 (a) transmitting Point-To-MultiPoint (PTMP) encoded content at at least one BTS for receipt at the personal cellular telecommunications devices of each subscriber within their respective geographical areas; and    (b) selectively transmitting Point-To-Point (PTP) decoding information messages to subscribers' personal cellular telecommunications devices, the decoding information messages including the decoding information for decoding the encoded content prior to its display on the subscribers' personal cellular telecommunications devices.    
     
     
         13 . The method according to  claim 12  wherein the encoded content is transmitted after the PTP decoding information message.  
     
     
         14 . The method according to  claim 12  and further comprising the step of transmitting a PTMP interactive display message at the at least one BTS of step (a) whereupon, conditional on and pursuant to a subscriber having invoked a response mechanism in the PTMP interactive display message, transmitting the PTP decoding information message to his personal cellular telecommunications device.  
     
     
         15 . The method according to  claim 14  wherein the encoded content is transmitted prior to the PTP decoding information message.  
     
     
         16 . The method according to  claim 15  wherein the encoded content is transmitted prior to the PTMP interactive display message.  
     
     
         17 . A computer program loadable into a computer so that the computer programmed in this way is capable of or adapted to carrying out a method in accordance with any one of  claims 12  to  16 .  
     
     
         18 . A program storage device readable by a computer and tangibly embodying a program of instructions for carrying out a method in accordance with any one of  claims 12  to  16 .  
     
     
         19 . A mobile cellular telecommunications network for carrying out a method in accordance with any one of  claims 12  to  16 .  
     
     
         20 . For use in a mobile cellular telecommunications network having at least one individually addressable Base Transceiver Station (BTS) providing bi-directional signal coverage to a plurality of subscribers within a predefined geographical area, a method for displaying a Content on Demand (CoD) offering on a subscriber's personal cellular telecommunications device, the method comprising the steps of: 
 (a) receiving encoded content; and    (b) receiving a decoding information message including decoding information for decoding the encoded content prior to its display on the personal cellular telecommunications device.    
     
     
         21 . The method according to  claim 20  and further comprising the steps of: 
 (c) receiving an interactive display message; and  
 (d) invoking a Point-To-Point transmission response mechanism of the interactive display message to receive the decoding information message from the mobile cellular telecommunications network.  
 
     
     
         22 . A computer program loadable into a computer so that the computer programmed in this way is capable of or adapted to carrying out a method in accordance with either  claim 20  or  21 .  
     
     
         23 . A program storage device readable by a computer and tangibly embodying a program of instructions for carrying out a method in accordance with either  claim 20  or  21 .  
     
     
         24 . A personal cellular telecommunications device for carrying out a method in accordance with either  claim 20  or  21 .  
     
     
         25 . For use in a mobile cellular telecommunications network having at least one individually addressable Base Transceiver Station (BTS) each capable of transmitting at least Point-To-MultiPoint (PTMP) messages to a plurality of subscribers within a predefined geographical area, a method for broadcasting a PTMP display message comprising the steps of: 
 (a) transmitting a PTMP display message at at least one BTS for display on the personal cellular telecommunications devices of each subscriber located within their respective geographical areas; and    (b) subsequently and iteratively repeating step (a) at at least another BTS an integer number of times i where i=1, 2, 3, . . . , n, thereby staggering the broadcast of the PTMP display message.    
     
     
         26 . The method according to  claim 25  wherein a PTMP display message is a PTMP interactive display message.  
     
     
         27 . A computer program loadable into a computer so that the computer programmed in this way is capable of or adapted to carrying out a method in accordance with either one of  claim 26  or  27 .  
     
     
         28 . A program storage device readable by a computer and tangibly embodying a program of instructions for carrying out a method in accordance with either one of  claim 26  or  27 .  
     
     
         29 . A mobile cellular telecommunications network for carrying out a method in accordance with either one of  claim 26  or  27 .