Selective call signaling system with combined wide area paging and high data rate transmissions via radio telephone transceivers
First Claim
1. A method for transmitting messages in a paging system comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving message information;
(b) determining whether the message information comprises information greater than a predetermined message length;
(c) storing the message information in a memory device if the message information is greater than the predetermined message length;
(d) transmitting a predetermined message to a pager via a first communication path, the predetermined message indicating that the message information is stored in the memory device;
(e) automatically coupling to the pager via a second, wireless communication path in response to the predetermined message;
(f) retrieving the message information from the memory device; and
(g) transmitting the message information to the pager via the second communication path.
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Abstract
A cooperative paging system (10) and radio telephone system (15) combine to provide conventional delivery of short paging messages to a combination pager/radio telephone (40) via a first communication path, while a radio telephone link operating at a higher data rate is used to deliver large data messages to the pager/radio telephone (40). The radio telephone link is formed by a transceiver section (205) of the pager/radio telephone (40) coupling to a radio telephone base station (50,52) and calling up a paging terminal (32) of the paging system (10). The paging terminal (32) retrieves the large data messages from a temporary message memory (42) to deliver to the pager/radio telephone (40).
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28 Claims
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1. A method for transmitting messages in a paging system comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving message information; (b) determining whether the message information comprises information greater than a predetermined message length; (c) storing the message information in a memory device if the message information is greater than the predetermined message length; (d) transmitting a predetermined message to a pager via a first communication path, the predetermined message indicating that the message information is stored in the memory device; (e) automatically coupling to the pager via a second, wireless communication path in response to the predetermined message; (f) retrieving the message information from the memory device; and (g) transmitting the message information to the pager via the second communication path. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A selective call signaling system having a pluralitv of selective call receiver units capable of transmitting message retrieval results, comprising:
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telephone interface means for receiving paging messages including lengthy paging messages; paging terminal means coupled to the telephone interface means for determining whether the paging messages are lengthy paging messages and for generating a predetermined selective call message if a paging message is a lengthy paging message; temporary memory means coupled to the paging terminal means for storing the lengthy paging messages; first transmitting means coupled to said paging terminal means for wireless transmitting of selective call signals that are not lenqthy paging messsages including said predetermined selective call messages; and second transmitting means for wireless transmitting of the lengthy paging messages, wherein said paging terminal means retrieves one of said lengthy paging messages stored in said temporary memory means in response to reception by the paging terminal means of a message retrieval requiest from a selective call receiver.
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10. A selective call receiver comprising:
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receiving means for receiving paging signals from a paging terminal via a first communication path; decoding means coupled to the RF receiving means for decoding the paging signals to recover a page; determining means for determining whether the page is a predetermined page; and control means for automically coupling to the paging terminal via a second, wireless communication path in response to the determining means determining that the page is the predetermined page. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A selective call receiver comprising:
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radio frequency (RF) receiving means for receiving paging signals transmitted from a paging terminal. decoding means coupled to the RF receiving means for decoding the paging signals to recover a page; determining means for determining whether the page is a predetermined page; and control means for automatically coupling to the paging terminal via a radio telephone network in response to the determining means determining that the page is the predetermined page. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A combination pager and cordless telephone transceiver comprising:
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first receiving means for receiving paging signals provided from a paging terminal; decoding means coupled to the first receiving means for decoding the paging signals to recover a page; determining means for determining whether the page is a predetermined page; transceiver means for coupling to a cordless telephone system call point transceiver for communicating thereby; and control means coupled to the determining means and the transceiver means for autmmatically coupling the transceiver means to a cordless telephone system call point transceiver for conununicating to the paging terminal in response to the determining means determining that the page is the predetermined page. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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