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Paging system with registration mode

  • US 5,065,423 A
  • Filed: 11/13/1989
  • Issued: 11/12/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of operating an intermittently operative pager which receives paging data broadcast from a transmitter, said pager having operative and inoperative periods under normal paging operation, the inoperative periods being substantially greater than the operative periods in order to increase battery life, the data being routed to the transmitter from a message input facility, the method comprising the steps:

  • placing the pager in the possession of a user remote from said transmitter;

    providing a manual stimulus by said user to the pager to place said pager in a registration mode wherein registration mode inoperative periods of said pager are relatively short as compared to said inoperative periods of normal paging operation, and to obtain a registration code previously stored within the pager;

    contacting said message input facility by said user and providing the registration code thereto to identify pager;

    relaying from the message input facility to said transmitter, and broadcasting from the transmitter to the pager, a registration message addressed to the pager;

    receiving the registration message by the pager; and

    displaying on the pager an indication to said user that the registration message was received.

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