Pager and radiotelephone apparatus
First Claim
1. A method for controlling a combination pager and radiotelephone apparatus, the combination pager and radiotelephone apparatus including pager means for receiving on a paging radio channel a plurality of radio paging signals each having a telephone number with at least one digit, and the combination pager and radiotelephone apparatus including cellular transceiver means being coupled to the pager means through an interface circuit and having at least a recall and send pushbutton for transmitting on radiotelephone channels radiotelephone call signals, the interface circuit having a register for storing the telephone numbers, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving and storing in the paging means a plurality of radio paging signals each having a telephone number with at least one digit;
producing an indication signal when each paging signal has been received in the paging means;
moving the stored telephone numbers from the paging means into the register in response to a control signal;
counting in the cellular transceiver means, in response to the indication signal, the number of paging signals received;
generating the control signal in response to activation of the recall or send pushbutton;
moving the stored telephone numbers from the register to the cellular transceiver means; and
transmitting, in response to activation of the send pushbutton, radiotelephone call signals using the last received read-out telephone number in the cellular transceiver means.
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Abstract
The present invention encompasses a pager and radiotelephone apparatus (100) having a radio pager section (102) and a cellular radiotelephone section (104) into one unit. The apparatus (100) may automatically receive a plurality of pages while the cellular radiotelephone section (104) is on, communicating a cellular telephone call, or off and unattended. The received pages are stored in the pager section (102) until the apparatus user acknowledges their receipt by a keystroke. The pages are then transferred to the radiotelephone section (104) and stored in non-volatile memory for later use.
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5 Claims
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1. A method for controlling a combination pager and radiotelephone apparatus, the combination pager and radiotelephone apparatus including pager means for receiving on a paging radio channel a plurality of radio paging signals each having a telephone number with at least one digit, and the combination pager and radiotelephone apparatus including cellular transceiver means being coupled to the pager means through an interface circuit and having at least a recall and send pushbutton for transmitting on radiotelephone channels radiotelephone call signals, the interface circuit having a register for storing the telephone numbers, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving and storing in the paging means a plurality of radio paging signals each having a telephone number with at least one digit; producing an indication signal when each paging signal has been received in the paging means; moving the stored telephone numbers from the paging means into the register in response to a control signal; counting in the cellular transceiver means, in response to the indication signal, the number of paging signals received; generating the control signal in response to activation of the recall or send pushbutton; moving the stored telephone numbers from the register to the cellular transceiver means; and transmitting, in response to activation of the send pushbutton, radiotelephone call signals using the last received read-out telephone number in the cellular transceiver means.
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2. A pager and radiotelephone apparatus for communicating radiotelephone call signals on radiotelephone channels and receiving paging signals on a paging radio channel, the pager and radiotelephone apparatus comprising:
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an antenna for receiving the paging signals and communicating the radiotelephone call signals; pager means having first filter means coupled to the antenna for receiving paging signals on the paging radio channel and having memory means for storing the received paging signals, each paging signal having a telephone number with at least one digit, the pager means further providing an indication signal when each paging signal has been received, and the pager means being responsive to a first control signal for reading out the stored telephone numbers and being responsive to a second control signal for clearing the memory means; cellular transceiver means coupled to the pager means, having at least a send pushbutton and a recall pushbutton, and having second filter means coupled to the antenna for receiving radiotelephone call signals on the cellular radio channels, the cellular transceiver means responsive to each indication signal for counting the number of paging signals received, and the cellular transceiver means responsive to activation of the recall pushbutton for generating the first control signal to enable the pager means to read out from the memory means the counted number of stored telephone numbers and thereafter generating the second control signal to enable the pager means to clear the memory means, and the cellular transceiver means responsive to activation of the send pushbutton for transmitting radiotelephone call signals using one of the read out telephone numbers; a power source for generating a predetermined voltage to power the cellular transceiver means; and interface circuitry, connected to the pager means, the cellular transceiver means, and the power source, the interface circuitry having regulation means for regulating the predetermined voltage to a lower voltage to power the pager means, the interface circuitry additionally having a memory register for temporarily storing the telephone numbers read out from the memory means. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5)
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