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Paging system with registration mode which interrupts the pager's standard operating protocol and is energized with a higher duty cycle

  • US 5,416,827 A
  • Filed: 02/02/1994
  • Issued: 05/16/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of initially registering a radio pager which has an identification number in a pager system which does not have stored therein said identification number, said pager having a display and being intermittently operative, said pager having operative and inoperative periods, said pager having a normal mode of operation wherein said operative periods are short and said inoperative periods are long, said system including a radio transmitter and means to transmit data to said transmitter from a message input facility, the method comprising the steps:

  • placing said pager in a registration mode by means of a manual stimulus to said pager;

    decreasing the length of the inoperative periods of said pager in response to said manual stimulus, whereby the inoperative periods of said pager are relatively short when said pager is in said registration mode;

    providing a registration code to said message input facility, said code identifying said particular pager;

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

    receiving the registration message by the pager;

    displaying on the pager an indication that the registration message was received; and

    returning said pager to said normal mode in response to the receipt of said registration message.

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