Voice-response paging device and method
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1. A pager for use in a paging communication system comprising:
- a microphone for converting received voice signals into electrical signals;
a digital signal processor, coupled to the microphone, configured for receiving, compressing, and storing the electrical signals as compressed voice signals;
a switch coupled to the digital signal processor for selectively activating the digital signal processor; and
a radio frequency (RF) transmitter coupled to the digital signal processor for transmitting the compressed voice signals to a wireless base station within a paging network, wherein the compressed voice signals are transmitted between the pager and the paging network at a speed that is slower than transmission speed for non-compressed voice signals.
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Abstract
The present invention solves the current problem of allowing ad-hoc (manual) voice response by a user to a page received by a paging device. In one aspect of the invention, a paging device includes a digital signal processor for receiving and compressing a voice response to a page prior to transmission back to the paging party. In further aspects of the invention, the speech is first recorded and compressed and then transmitted to a wireless base station for subsequent transmission to the calling party.
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13 Claims
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1. A pager for use in a paging communication system comprising:
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a microphone for converting received voice signals into electrical signals;
a digital signal processor, coupled to the microphone, configured for receiving, compressing, and storing the electrical signals as compressed voice signals;
a switch coupled to the digital signal processor for selectively activating the digital signal processor; and
a radio frequency (RF) transmitter coupled to the digital signal processor for transmitting the compressed voice signals to a wireless base station within a paging network, wherein the compressed voice signals are transmitted between the pager and the paging network at a speed that is slower than transmission speed for non-compressed voice signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13)
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3. A pager for use in a paging communications system comprising:
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a microphone for converting received voice signals into electrical signals;
a digital signal processor, coupled to the microphone, configured for receiving, compressing, and storing the electrical signals as compressed voice signals;
a switch coupled to the digital signal processor for selectively activating the digital signal processor; and
a radio frequency (RF) transmitter coupled to the digital signal processor for transmitting the compressed voice signals to a wireless base station within a paging network;
wherein the compressed voice signals are packetized prior to transmission.
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5. A pager for use in a paging communications system comprising:
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a microphone for converting received voice signals into electrical signals;
a digital signal processor, coupled to the microphone, configured for receiving, compressing, and storing the electrical signals as compressed voice signals, a switch coupled to the digital signal processor for selectively activating the digital signal processor, and a radio frequency (RF) transmitter coupled to the digital signal processor for transmitting the compressed voice signals to a wireless base station within a paging network;
wherein the switch is an integrated record, play, rewind, and stop switch.
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8. A pager for use in a paging communications system comprising:
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a microphone for converting received voice signals into electrical signals;
a digital signal processor, coupled to the microphone, configured for receiving, compressing, and storing the electrical signals as compressed voice signals;
a switch coupled to the digital signal processor for selectively activating the digital signal processor, and a radio frequency (RF) transmitter coupled to the digital signal processor for transmitting the compressed voice signals to a wireless base station within a paging network;
the pager further including an infrared port;
wherein the infrared port includes circuitry for outputting voice messages as digital signals.
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11. A pager for use in a paging communications system comprising:
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a microphone for converting received voice signals into electrical signals;
a digital signal processor, coupled to the microphone, configured for receiving, compressing, and storing the electrical signals as compressed voice signals;
a switch coupled to the digital signal processor for selectively activating the digital signal processor, and a radio frequency (RF) transmitter coupled to the digital signal processor for transmitting the compressed voice signals to a wireless base station within a paging network;
the pager further including an infrared port, wherein the infrared port includes circuitry for inputting addresses, and wherein the addresses include electronic mail addresses.
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