Paging terminal apparatus with user selectable page forwarding capability and methodology therefor
First Claim
1. A paging receiver having acknowledge back capability for providing to a user the capability to select any one of a plurality of alternate paging receivers operating in a paging system to which a received message may be further forwarded, said paging receiver comprising:
- means for receiving addresses and associated messages that are directed to the paging receiver and transmitted in the paging system;
means for selecting by the user the alternate paging receiver to which the received message is further to be sent; and
means for generating an acknowledge back response identifying the selected alternate paging receiver to which the received message is further to be sent.
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Abstract
A paging receiver having acknowledge back capability is provided with the capability to request a received message to be forwarded to an alternate paging receiver in a paging system after having received its address and associated message. The paging receiver includes an entry device for selecting the alternate paging receiver to which the message is further to be sent, and after the selection is made, the paging receiver generates the acknowledge back response requesting the message be further sent to the selected alternate paging receiver.
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16 Claims
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1. A paging receiver having acknowledge back capability for providing to a user the capability to select any one of a plurality of alternate paging receivers operating in a paging system to which a received message may be further forwarded, said paging receiver comprising:
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means for receiving addresses and associated messages that are directed to the paging receiver and transmitted in the paging system; means for selecting by the user the alternate paging receiver to which the received message is further to be sent; and means for generating an acknowledge back response identifying the selected alternate paging receiver to which the received message is further to be sent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for providing to a user with a paging receiver having acknowledge back capability, the capability to select any one of a plurality of alternate paging receivers operating in a paging system to which a received message may be further forwarded, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving addresses and associated messages that are directed to the paging receiver and transmitted in the paging system; selecting by the user the alternate paging receiver to which the received message is further to be sent; and generating the acknowledge back response identifying the selected alternate paging receiver to which the received message is further to be sent. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. Paging terminal apparatus, for use with paging receivers having acknowledge back capability, wherein a user of such paging receivers receiving paging messages may further request the received message also be forwarded to any one of a plurality of paging receivers operating in the system, said terminal apparatus comprising:
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means for sending pager addresses and associated messages intended therefor to the paging receivers said paging receivers each having means for transmitting an acknowledge back response including the identification of an alternate paging receiver to which the message is further to be sent; receiving means, for receiving the transmitted acknowledge back response; and means, responsive to the received acknowledge back response, for sending the message to the selected alternate paging receiver identified with the acknowledge back response, whereby the alternate paging receiver selected for further receiving the received message is determined from the identification information transmitted with the acknowledge back response.
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