Intelligent paging services provided by a GSM-based mobile communication
network are employed in a mobile-based client-server system to provide
automatic notification of a mobile client station of the type and
quantity of information awaiting delivery to a mobile client station at a
centralized server, so that the client station may then establish a
communication link to receive the information, without otherwise
requiring a costly polling scheme. In a preferred embodiment, the server
evaluates received or otherwise generated information that is intended
for a respective client station to determine whether the information is
of a selected type and/or quantity requiring notification of the client
station. If so, the server transmits a message (e.g., alpha-numeric) from
a transceiver associated with the server to a transceiver associated with
the client station, the message indicating the type and quantity of
information awaiting delivery to the client station. The respective
client station evaluates the received message and, if the specified
information type and quantity justify the time and expense, establishes a
log-on connection with the server via the respective client station and
server transceivers in order to receive the information and, if
expedient, conduct further information exchanges.