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Apparatus for communicating a user created message from a portable transceiver to a caller

  • US 5,966,651 A
  • Filed: 03/28/1996
  • Issued: 10/12/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for communicating a user created message from a first portable transceiver to a caller, comprising the steps of:

  • storing the user created message in the first portable transceiver;

    storing a specific caller identifier corresponding to the user created message in the first portable transceiver;

    receiving at a communication terminal a message request from the caller, the message request including a caller identifier and a first address;

    transmitting from the communication terminal a communication signal, the communication signal including a query message wherein the query message further includes the first address and the caller identifier,receiving at the first portable transceiver the communication signal including the query message seeking retrieval of the user created message, said receiving further including processing the communication signal in its entirety when there is a match between a portion of the communication signal including the first address, and a first portable identifier stored in the first portable transceiver;

    comparing the caller identifier in the query message with the specific caller identifier;

    transmitting from the first portable transceiver the user created message to the communication terminal when there is a match between the caller identifier in the query message and the specific caller identifierreceiving at the communication terminal from the first portable transceiver the user created message, and wherein the message request further includes a second address corresponding to a second portable transceiver;

    transmitting from the communication terminal a caller response message including the user created message and the second address;

    receiving at the second portable transceiver the caller response message;

    comparing the second address received in the caller response message with a second portable identifier stored in the second portable transceiver; and

    storing the user created message in the second portable transceiver when there is a match between the second address and the second portable identifier.

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