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Paging terminal apparatus with page forwarding capability and methodology thereof

US4814763A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 14, 1987
Grant dateMar 21, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 14, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W88/185
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus and method is disclosed for automatically, or by selective response, call forwarding a message to one or more system pagers which have an acknowledge back capability. In one embodiment, disclosed apparatus automatically forwards a message to another system pager upon the initially called pager failing to acknowledge back within a predetermined time period. Such other pager is determined from a set paging hierarchy included within the paging terminal apparatus itself. In another embodiment, wherein the system pagers have multiple acknowledge back response capability, a called pager can request the received message be additionally call forwarded to one or more other system pagers in accordance with the particular acknowledge back response chosen by the called pager user.

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