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Technique for eliminating free paging in a personal mobile communication system

  • US 5,805,991 A
  • Filed: 06/30/1995
  • Issued: 09/08/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for use in completing a telephone call from a caller that is placed to the personal telephone number of a called party, said telephone call placed by said caller to be bridged to a return telephone call originated by said called party in response to receipt of a paging signal by a pager of said called party, the method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving said telephone call;

    playing an interruptible announcement to said caller;

    receiving a command from said caller interrupting said announcement, said command indicating that the caller desires to be connected to said called party as soon as possible;

    stopping the playing of said announcement upon receipt of said command from said caller;

    determining whether or not said caller is still connected on said telephone call at a time at which said announcement would have completed playing had it not been interrupted; and

    initiating the broadcasting of said paging signal to said pager only when the result of said determining step is that said caller is still connected on said telephone call.

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