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Method and apparatus for overlaying an inbound channel on an outbound system

US5805978A · kind A · utility

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15Claims
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Filing dateOct 15, 1996
Grant dateSep 8, 1998
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Expiry dateOct 15, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W84/025
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A selective call two-way communication system having a plurality of selective call transceiver units (170) using an inbound channel overlay on an outbound selective call system, the selective call transceiver units comprising a receiver (173) for receiving a message having an address directed to and decodable by the receiver wherein the address (58) points to a vector (60) , a decoder (174) for decoding a pointer within the vector that points to a control information portion (66) within an outbound message portion (67) and for decoding another control information portion (64) for controlling inbound transmissions within an outbound message portion, and a transmitter (172) for transmitting information in accordance with the control information portions. The system further comprises a controller (114) for receiving, formatting and encoding messages having an address wherein the address points to a vector(s) which contains pointer(s) to control information portion(s) within an outbound message portion.

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