Patent · US Expired

Internet monitoring and input pager

US5949326A · kind A · utility

61Cited by
17References
10Claims
0Family size

Assignees

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateFeb 13, 1997
Grant dateSep 7, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 13, 2017

Classification

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

Abstract

A novel paging technology allows a pager user limited wireless access to the internet via a paging system. The pager user may file an interest profile with the pager system service provider listing internet sites from which the pager user desires information. The service provider may access those sites and provide the information to the subscriber's pager either regularly or when signalled to do so by the pager user. The pager may further include an input device, such as a virtual keyboard, with which e-mail or chat room messages may be entered. The pager then transmits the messages to the paging system which conveys them to the internet.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.