Telephone dialing paging apparatus method
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1. A pager for receiving radio frequency (RF) paging signals broadcast from a paging system comprising:
- receiving means for receiving the RF paging signals and for demodulating the RF paging signals to recover a message signal, the message signal including a predetermined address;
decoding means for decoding the predetermined address from within the message signal;
memory means for storing a plurality of predetermined telephone numbers;
address-to-telephone number conversion means for selecting a telephone number from the plurality of predetermined telephone numbers in response to the predetermined address; and
signal generating means for converting the selected telephone number into a signal for dialing a telephone.
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Abstract
A tone only pager including an EEPROM with telephone numbers stored therein at different predetermined addresses and a DTMF signal generator. If a received signal includes one of the predetermined addresses, a DTMF telephone number corresponding to the address is generated. If a received signal also includes a different telephone number, any telephone number stored at that predetermined address may be replaced with the different telephone number. The pager also determines if the telephone number is a long distance telephone number and activates an indicator in response thereto.
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18 Claims
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1. A pager for receiving radio frequency (RF) paging signals broadcast from a paging system comprising:
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receiving means for receiving the RF paging signals and for demodulating the RF paging signals to recover a message signal, the message signal including a predetermined address; decoding means for decoding the predetermined address from within the message signal; memory means for storing a plurality of predetermined telephone numbers; address-to-telephone number conversion means for selecting a telephone number from the plurality of predetermined telephone numbers in response to the predetermined address; and signal generating means for converting the selected telephone number into a signal for dialing a telephone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A selective call receiver comprising:
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receiving means for receiving a message signal including a predetermined address; decoding means for decoding the predetermined address from within the message signal; memory means for storing a plurality of predetermined telephone numbers; address-to-telephone number conversion means for selecting a telephone number from the plurality of predetermined telephone numbers in response to the predetermined address; means for detecting whether said selected telephone number is a long distance telephone number; signal generating means for converting the selected telephone number into a signal for dialing a telephone; and long distance alert means for producing a signal indicating that said selected telephone number is a long distance telephone number.
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7. A selective call receiver comprising:
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receiving means for receiving a message signal including a predetermined address; decoding means for decoding the predetermined address from within the message signal; memory means for storing a plurality of predetermined telephone numbers; manual selecting means coupled to said memory means for manually selecting one of the plurality of predetermined telephone numbers; address-to-telephone number conversion means for automatically selecting a telephone number from the plurality of predetermined telephone numbers in response to the predetermined address; signal generating means for converting the selected telephone number into a signal for dialing a telephone; and alert generating means for generating one of a plurality of audio alert signals indicative of the predetermined address in response to the reception of the predetermined address and for generating said one of said plurality of audio alert signals in response to the manual selection of said one of the plurality of predetermined telephone numbers corresponding to the predetermined address by said manual selecting means.
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8. A selective call receiver comprising:
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receiving means for receiving a message signal including a predetermined address; decoding means for decoding the predetermined address from within the message signal; memory means for storing a plurality of predetermined telephone numbers; address-to-telephone number conversion means for selecting a telephone number from the plurality of predetermined telephone numbers in response to the predetermined address, wherein the selected telephone number includes a local portion and a long distance portion; manual selecting means for manually selecting one of the plurality of predetermined telephone numbers; and signal generating means for converting the selected telephone number into a signal for dialing a telephone, wherein said signal generating means generates a signal having both the local portion and the long distance portion in response to the manual selection of a first predetermined telephone number and generates only the local portion in response to the absence of the manual selection of the first predetermined telephone number.
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9. In conjunction with a selective call receiver having a memory having stored therein a telephone number associated with a predetermined address, a method of automatically dialing the telephone number comprising the steps of:
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receiving a paging signal including the predetermined address; retrieving the telephone number from the memory in response to the address; and generating a DTMF signal for dialing the telephone number. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of dialing a telephone number by an automatic telephone dialer comprising the steps of:
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(a) selecting a telephone number from a plurality of predetermined telephone numbers; (b) generating a dialing signal for dialing the selected telephone number; and (c) generating one of a plurality of predetermined audio alert signals, said one of said plurality of predetermined audio alert signals unique to the selected telephone number and comprising audio tones different from said dialing signal. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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