Paging system

• US 5,224,150 A
• Filed: 07/06/1990
• Issued: 06/29/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Simon Neustein
• Original Assignee: Simon Neustein
• Inventors: Neustein, Simon
• Primary Examiner(s): Kuntz, Curtis
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bost, Dwayne D.
• Application Number:
  US07/549,201
• Time in Patent Office: 1,089 Days
• Field of Search: 379/57, 379/58, 379/61, 379/63, 379/211, 379/56, 379/111, 379/114, 379/121, 379/123, 379/124, 379/132-134, 379/137, 379/139, 340/825.44, 340/825.49, 340/825.54, 340/311.1, 340/313, 455/70, 455/218
• US Class Current: 340/7.44
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/1016 using wireless transmission calling systems using transmission by inductive loop H04B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/022 One-way selective calling networks, e.g. wide area paging

Abstract

A paging system, which includes of a number of central stations, each of which contains a number of pager apparatus associated with it. Each pager apparatus responds to one or more identifying numbers so that a caller may send a paging message to one or a number of pager apparatus. The caller has a pager which is also paged to allow the caller to verify that the transmission of the page has occurred. Auditorium cutoff allows a local transmitter to disable the audio response of pagers within or entering into a local area.

Claims

1. A paging system, comprising:

a central station having a pager service region;

a plurality of pager apparatus responsive to said central station; and

calling means for a caller to access the central station and place a call to at least one of said pager apparatus to transmit a message thereto;

aid central station comprising;

receiving means for receiving the call from the caller,

processing means for processing the call in accordance with prescribed information relating to the caller and the called pager apparatus,

transmitting means responsive to the processed information for providing signalling to said at least one pager apparatus and transmitting thereto information relative to the message,

calculating means for billing for the transmission of the call, and

a local transmitter including means for cutting off, at the pager apparatus, signals produced by all pager apparatus entering and within a local predetermined area smaller than the pager service region.

2. A method of paging a called party by a caller, comprising:

telephoning by the caller into a central station and placing a call to at least one pager in the paging system to transmit a message thereto, and providing an identification of the caller;

receiving the call at the central station and processing the call in accordance with a profile of stored information about the transmission services prescribed by the holder of the called pager;

transmitting in accordance with the prescribed information of the called party a paging signal addressed to the called party together with information relative to the message;

billing based upon the transmission of the call,

wherein the identification of the caller corresponds to the address of a pager of the caller; and

transmitting to the pager of the caller the information relative to the message being addressed to the called pager, to permit transmission verification by the caller.