Unified message announcing
First Claim
1. In a portable communications user-device including a processor, a wireless interface coupled to the processor, an alpha-numeric display coupled to the processor and a module for signaling a user of the device, the improvement comprising:
- a sensory multi-mode module that is distinct from said display module, anda software entity executed in the processor which, in response to data in a pre-specified portion of a signal received via an antenna at the wireless interface which signifies an event from a preselected set of events, activates the module in a mode of said multi-modes to signify said event.
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Abstract
A system and a service that collects information about waiting messages and forwards the collected information to a multi-service notifier device. Such a device may be wired or wireless and includes sensory indicators to convey message waiting indications from several messaging services. In accordance with one embodiment, the notifier device and the service cooperate via a wireless paging system. Each message service that a subscriber uses initiates a notification process when a message arrives. The process causes a page to be sent to the multi-service notifier device which informs the subscriber who carries the device that a message is waiting and which messaging service holds the message. In accordance with another embodiment, the notifier device is coupled to the telecommunication network over a channel that is used for other than pager communication, such as a POTS line.
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1. In a portable communications user-device including a processor, a wireless interface coupled to the processor, an alpha-numeric display coupled to the processor and a module for signaling a user of the device, the improvement comprising:
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a sensory multi-mode module that is distinct from said display module, and a software entity executed in the processor which, in response to data in a pre-specified portion of a signal received via an antenna at the wireless interface which signifies an event from a preselected set of events, activates the module in a mode of said multi-modes to signify said event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 23)
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8. The paging system including a transmitter and a plurality of pagers that receive pages from the transmitter, the improvement comprising:
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a communication element for receiving information indicating status of a message that is awaiting a subscriber at a first messaging platform than receiving said message itself, and a processor for handling the received information that is restricted to forwarding said information to a page generator, where said page generator includes circuitry adapted to transmit said information only via pages, for constructing and transmitting a page that communicates said status of at least one message that is awaiting at said first messaging platform. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A communications and addressing system including a telecommunication port for receiving messages, a processor for processing received messages and for constructing pages in response to received messages, and a transmitter for communicating the constructed pages, the improvement comprising:
a software module working with said processor which, when it receives a message-waiting signal from any one of a preselected set of message storage devices, constructs a page that specifies the message storage device that sent the message-waiting signal principally by other than a phone number associated with the message storage device that sent the message-waiting signal. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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