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Virtual pager for general purpose data terminal

  • US 5,459,458 A
  • Filed: 02/24/1995
  • Issued: 10/17/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/06/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A data communication system comprising:

  • a base station for transmitting variable length message signals to a plurality of remotely located data terminals, said base station including;

    input means for receiving variable length message signals to be sent to said plurality of data terminals, and a transmitter, coupled to said input means, for transmitting the variable length messages to said plurality of data terminals, said variable length messages comprising at least one of a call-back number and message text; and

    said plurality of data terminals, each comprising;

    a receiver for receiving the variable length messages, means, coupled to the receiver, for selecting a variable length message as intended for a particular data terminal among the plurality of remotely located data terminals, means for storing a table of caller identification information in memory, said caller identification information comprising at least one of a caller ID number and a catchword, means, coupled to the selecting means for extracting the call-back number from the selected message, means, coupled to memory and the selecting means, for comparing the received call-back number to caller ID numbers stored in memory, and means for displaying the selected message and the caller identification information stored in memory as a function of the comparison.

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