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4/8/2010

An SI notification has the following life cycle only if the hrefattribute has an explicitly assigned value.

Note:
The device will automatically delete the SI notification at the time specified in the si-expiresattribute. If no si-expiresattribute is provided, the notification is not automatically deleted. The user can delete SI notifications that are stored in the Inbox at any time.

The following diagram illustrates a Service Indication notification life cycle if the hrefattribute has an explicitly assigned value.

The following steps describe the life cycle of an SI notification with an explicitly assigned hrefattribute value:

  1. The Push Initiator (network) instructs the Push Proxy Gateway to push an SI, in XML format, to the device by using the Push Access Protocol. The Push Initiator creates the SI XML file with an appropriate text message and a URI to the new service or update.

  2. The Push Proxy Gateway translates the XML file into WBXML and then sends the SI notification to the device by using the Push OTA protocol. Usually, Short Message Service (SMS) is the transmission channel.

  3. The device receives the SI notification. Depending on the actionattribute of the file, the notification is presented to the user or it goes directly to the Inbox. If the SI is presented to the user, the user is given the option to start the service immediately or postpone the SI. If the user postpones the SI, the file goes to the Inbox. When an SI notification is sent to the Inbox, it exists only on the device and never synchronizes back to a mail server. SI notifications are never stored on the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM). If multiple SIs are received simultaneously, they are processed in the order that they are received.

    At this point, the device also examines the notification content for the following information and takes action accordingly:

    • If the newly received SI notification is newer than an otherwise identical SI notification that is stored in the Inbox, the stored SI is deleted.

    • If the expiration date and time have passed for a newly received SI, the SI is discarded.

    • If the actionattribute value for the received SI is set to delete, the received SI and any other SIs stored in the Inbox that have the same si-idattribute value (or hrefif si-iddoes not exist) as the received SI are deleted. If there are no other SIs with identical hrefattribute values, only the received SI is deleted.

    • If an SI with an actionattribute value set to deleteis received without an si-idattribute value, the SI is discarded.

  4. If the user chooses to retrieve the service, the mobile Internet browser starts and the service indicated by the URI is retrieved (pulled) from the origin server.

  5. The service starts running on the device through the mobile Internet browser. If the browser cannot process the content type of the pulled service, it searches the registry to find the correct application.

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