Multiaddress pager with a call storage and priority paging option
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1. A pager for receiving similarly-coded incoming calling signals which include user-designated emergency-type calls and non-emergency-type calls, wherein the emergency-type calls require immediate response and non-emergency-type calls can be responded to later at the convenience of the user of the pager, comprising:
- means for decoding incoming signals and for distinguishing decoded emergency-type calls from non-emergency type calls;
means for generating an alert signal in response to an emergency-type call; and
means for storing an indication of non-emergency-type calls for the generation of a subsequent alert signal.
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Abstract
A pager includes means for receiving emergency calls immediately upon reception of the emergency calls and means for receiving non-emergency calls and, storing the non-emergency calls for subsequent readout upon interrogation. The pager is shown implemented in hard-wired logic form and alternatively in a programmable microprocessor form.
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1. A pager for receiving similarly-coded incoming calling signals which include user-designated emergency-type calls and non-emergency-type calls, wherein the emergency-type calls require immediate response and non-emergency-type calls can be responded to later at the convenience of the user of the pager, comprising:
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means for decoding incoming signals and for distinguishing decoded emergency-type calls from non-emergency type calls; means for generating an alert signal in response to an emergency-type call; and means for storing an indication of non-emergency-type calls for the generation of a subsequent alert signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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6. A pager for receiving coded incoming calling signals which include emergency-type calls and non-emergency-type calls, wherein the emergency-type calls require immediate response and non-emergency-type calls can be responded to later at the convenience of the operator of the pager, comprising:
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means for decoding incoming signals and for distinguishing decoded emergency-type calls from non-emergency-type calls; means for generating an alert signal; first manually-operable switch means for placing the pager in a deferred mode wherein only emergency-type calls result in a substantially immediate alert signal, and for placing the pager in a non-deferred mode wherein all incoming calls result in a substantially immediate alert signal, said first switch means being operatively coupled to said decoding means and to said alert signal generating means such that, in the non-deferred mode, said signal generating means develops an alert signal upon the detection of an incoming call by the decoding means and, in the deferred mode, said signal generating means is inhibited from generating an alert signal, except upon the detection of an emergency-type call; and means for storing an indication of non-emergency-type calls while the deferred mode is selected so that subsequent alert signals may be generated. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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14. In a pager which receives and decodes similarly-coded incoming calls which may be user-designated as emergency-type calls and non-emergency-type calls, the improvement comprising:
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a microprocessor being programmed to; distinguish decoded emergency-type calls from non-emergency-type calls; generate an alert signal in response to an emergency-type call; and store an indication of non-emergency-type calls for the generation of a subsequent alert signal.
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15. A pager for receiving coded incoming calling signals which include emergency-type calls and non-emergency-type calls, wherein the emergency-type calls require immediate response and non-emergency-type calls can be responded to later at the convenience of the operator of the pager, comprising:
a microprocessor programmed to decode incoming signals, to distinguish emergency-type calls from non-emergency-type calls, and to generate an alert signal in response to a decoded signal, the microprocessor being adapted to operate in a deferred alert mode and in a non-deferred alert mode such that, in the non-deferred alert mode, all decoded incoming signals result in a substantially immediate alert signal and, in the deferred alert mode, emergency-type calls result in the generation of a substantially immediate alert signal whereas an indication of non-emergency-type calls is stored, the microprocessor being adapted to be interrogated for generating an alert signal after a previously decoded incoming signal has been identified as a non-emergency call and an indication thereof stored.
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16. In a pager which receives and decodes incoming calls which may be considered as including emergency-type calls and non-emergency-type calls, the improvement comprising:
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a microprocessor adapted to operate in a deferred alert mode and in a non-deferred alert mode and being programmed to; distinguish decoded emergency-type calls from non-emergency-type calls; generate, when in the non-deferred alert mode, a substantially immediate alert signal in response to an incoming call of either the emergency or non-emergency-type; and
when in the deferred alert mode, generate an alert signal in response to an emergency-type call and store an indication of non-emergency-type calls for the generation of a subsequent alert signal.
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17. A method of processing incoming paging signals which include emergency-type calls and non-emergency-type calls, comprising:
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decoding the incoming paging signals; distinguishing decoded emergency-type calls from non-emergency-type calls; selectively operating in a non-deferred alert mode and therein generating a substantially immediate alert signal in response to a paging signal of either the emergency or non-emergency type; and selectively switching to a deferred alert mode and therein generating a substantially immediate alert signal after decoding an emergency-type call and storing an indication of non-emergency-type calls for the generation of a subsequent alert signal.
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