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Radio telecommunications network and method of supporting operation of a combined mobile telephone and pager

  • US 5,828,949 A
  • Filed: 07/10/1996
  • Issued: 10/27/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/27/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a radio telecommunications network having a cellular network and a paging network, a method of delivering a telephone call to a mobile station having a telephone portion, a pager portion, and a relay switch between said telephone portion and said pager portion, said method comprising the steps of:

  • recording in a home location register (HLR) associated with said mobile station, data indicating that said mobile station is capable of receiving standard paging messages from said paging network;

    receiving said telephone call in said cellular network;

    determining whether said mobile station is inactive;

    determining from said data in said HLR whether said mobile station is capable of receiving standard paging messages, upon determining that said mobile station is inactive;

    requesting said paging network to page said pager portion of said mobile station by sending a page request on a datalink from said cellular network to said paging network, upon determining that said mobile station is capable of receiving standard paging messages;

    receiving, in said pager portion, said page from said paging network;

    activating said telephone portion through said relay switch in response to receiving said page in said pager portion; and

    routing said call to said mobile station.

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