Method and apparatus for partial coverage zone selective call communication
First Claim
1. A method of operating a selective call device in multiple coverage zones within a messaging system that provides for a two-way area, a one-way area, and a one-and-a-half way area, comprising the steps at the selective call device of:
- requiring registration before enabling receipt of outbound messages and before enabling a transmission of inbound messages from the selective call device when the selective call device is within a two-way area; and
attempting registration while enabling receipt of outbound messages, and inhibiting the transmission of inbound messages from the selective call device when the selective call device is within a one-and-a-half way area.
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Abstract
A communication system (10) has a plurality of selective call transceivers (30) which operate as one-way selective call receivers in one-way coverage zones (16) where no registration is required or operate as selective call transceivers in two-way coverage zones (36) where registration is required or operate in one-and-a-half way zones where registration is attempted but not required for the selective call transceiver to receive outbound messages. The system further comprises a plurality of outbound transmitters (17, 18, and 19) covering one-way coverage zones (12, 14, and 16 respectively) and a plurality of base receivers (37, 38, and 39) and transmitters (11, 13, and 15) covering two-way coverage zones (32, 34, and 36 respectively). The one-and-half-way zone is primarily a mode of operation useful in areas having "spotty" inbound coverage and is not necessarily designated by a geographic location.
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1. A method of operating a selective call device in multiple coverage zones within a messaging system that provides for a two-way area, a one-way area, and a one-and-a-half way area, comprising the steps at the selective call device of:
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requiring registration before enabling receipt of outbound messages and before enabling a transmission of inbound messages from the selective call device when the selective call device is within a two-way area; and attempting registration while enabling receipt of outbound messages, and inhibiting the transmission of inbound messages from the selective call device when the selective call device is within a one-and-a-half way area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method of operating a selective call transceiver in multiple coverage zones within a messaging system that provides for a two-way area, a one-way area, and a one-and-a-half way area, comprising the steps at the selective call transceiver of:
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requiring registration, enabling transmissions of acknowledgments of receipt of outbound messages, and receiving acknowledgments from the messaging system of inbound messages from the selective call transceiver when the selective call transceiver is within a two-way area; and attempting registration while enabling receipt of acknowledgments from the messaging system of inbound messages from the selective call transceiver without requiring the transmission of acknowledgments of receipt of outbound messages when the selective call transceiver is within a one-and-a-half way area. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A selective call transceiver that operates in multiple coverage zones within a messaging system having a two-way area, a one-way area, and a one-and-a-half way area, the selective call transceiver comprising:
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a selective call receiver coupled to a decoder and a controller; a selective call transmitter coupled to the controller and an encoder; and a memory coupled to the controller, wherein the controller is programmed in a two-way area to require the selective call transmitter to transmit registration requests and to require the selective call receiver to receive a registration grant from the messaging system before enabling the receipt of outbound messages and before enabling the transmission of inbound messages and further programmed to transmit registration requests while enabling outbound message reception and inhibiting the transmission of inbound messages when the selective call transceiver is within a one-and-a-half way area until registration is granted, wherein the inbound transmission of inbound messages would no longer be inhibited. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system controller for operation in a messaging system having selective call transceivers that can operate in a two-way area, a one-way area, or a one-and-a-half way area, the system controller comprising:
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a memory; and a processor programmed to operate in either a two-way mode, a one-way mode, or a one-and-a-half way mode based upon whether a particular transceiver is correspondingly in the two-way area, the one-way area or the one-and-a-half way area, wherein in a two-way mode the processor requires the particular transceiver to be registered before either directing the transmission of outbound messages to, or receiving and acknowledging inbound messages from the particular transceiver and wherein in a one-and-a-half way mode, the processor is programmed to direct the transmissions of outbound messages to the particular transceiver while enabling registration attempts by the particular transceiver, but further programmed to ignore inbound transmissions from the particular transceiver when the particular transceiver is not registered. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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