Selective call system with message rebroadcasting over another selective call system
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1. A selective call system having a first selective call service and a second selective call service, comprising:
- first RF transmission means for transmitting messages in the first selective call service;
a first plurality of selective call receivers for receiving said messages transmitted by said first selective call service;
receiving means for receiving said messages transmitted by said first RF transmission means; and
second RF transmission means coupled to said receiving means for retransmitting selected ones of said messages over the second selective call service.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus selectively rebroadcasts information received from a first selective call network system by a second selective call network system. A selective call receiver monitors the messages broadcast by the first selective call network system and, when no messages comprising the preamble code of the selective call receiver are received, the selective call receiver will, from time to time, monitor the messages transmitted by the second selective call network, including the messages rebroadcast from the first selective call network system.
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1. A selective call system having a first selective call service and a second selective call service, comprising:
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first RF transmission means for transmitting messages in the first selective call service; a first plurality of selective call receivers for receiving said messages transmitted by said first selective call service; receiving means for receiving said messages transmitted by said first RF transmission means; and second RF transmission means coupled to said receiving means for retransmitting selected ones of said messages over the second selective call service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method in a first selective call system comprising the steps of:
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receiving a first RF signal comprising selective call messages, each of said selective call messages having an address portion and an information portion, said signal transmitted by a second selective call system; decoding said first RF signal; decoding ack-back information received from said first selective call network system; generating and maintaining an active selective call receiver users list having a plurality of addresses determined in response to said ack-back information; comparing the address portion of each of said selective call messages to each of said addresses included in said active selective call receiver users list; combining a first selective call system address with said information portion of one of said selective call messages to form a first selective call system message if said address portion of said one of said selective call messages is substantially equivalent to one of said plurality of predetermined addresses, said first selective call system address assigned to a selective call receiver having an address in said second selective call system identified by said address portion of said one of said selective call messages; and transmitting a second RF signal comprising said first selective call system message.
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10. A selective call communications system for communicating messages, each of said messages comprising an address portion and an information portion comprising:
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a first radio frequency (RF) transmitter for transmitting a first portion of said messages on a first selective call communications path; a second RF transmitter for transmitting a second portion of said messages on a second selective call cummunications path; rebroadcasting means coupled to said second RF transmitter for providing to said second RF transmitter for transmission on said second selective call cammunications path selected ones of said first portion of said messages received on said first selective call communications path, said selected ones of said first portions of said messages selected in response to the address portions thereof; and at least one selective call receiver, each of said at least one selective call receiver comprising; receiving means for receiving the messages on said first and second selective call communications paths; first monitoring means coupled to said receiving means for monitoring said second selective call communications path for one of said messages having a predetermined address portion; and second monitoring means coupled to said receiving means and said first monitoring means for monitoring said first selective call communications path when said one of said messages having said predetermined address is not present on said second selective call communications path. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A method in a first selective call network system comprising a transmitter for transmitting first paging signals and a receiver for receiving second paging signals transmitted from a second selective call network system for reception by at least one selective call receiver, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving said second paging signals comprising selective call messages, each of said selective call messages having an address portion and an information portion; decoding said second paging signals; comparing the address portion of each of said selective call messages to a plurality of predetermined addresses; combining a first selective call system address with said information portion of one of said selective call messages to form a first selective call system message if said address portion of said one of said selective call messages is substantially equivalent to one of said plurality of predetermined addresses, said first selective call system address assigned to one of said at least one selective call receiver having an address in said second selective call network system identified by said address portion of said one of said selective call messages; and transmitting said first paging signals comprising said first selective call system message. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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