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Pager and radiotelephone apparatus

  • US 5,148,473 A
  • Filed: 10/15/1991
  • Issued: 09/15/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/30/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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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:

  • 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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