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US 12,309,630 B2Granted
Messaging devices and methods
AssigneeAmerican Messaging Services, LLC
InventorsJohn F. Nagel, J. Roy Pottle, Peter C. Barnett, David Andersen, Jamie Gordon Nichol, Sangsoo Kim
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Abstract
An electronic messaging device includes a receiver configured to receive a message at one of a first operational frequency and second operational frequency. The messaging device can operate using a time synchronous protocol and can receive commands through over-the-internet-programming (OTIP) and over-the-air-programming (OTAP).
Claims12
A method comprising:
- electronically coupling a messaging device to a computing device;
- said messaging device locally storing a plurality of messages;
- said messaging device is operational on a primary operational frequency and a secondary operational frequency;
- uploading said plurality of messages from said messaging device to said computing device;
- subsequent to said messaging device being added to a second message distribution group associated with a group CAP code comprising a plurality of existing messaging devices each of the plurality of existing messaging devices respectively storing said group CAP code in memory of said existing messaging device;
- receiving by said messaging device from said computing device a test communication to confirm an addition of said messaging device to said second message distribution group;
- and
- when said test communication is successfully received by said messaging device, indicating by said messaging device receipt of said test communication.
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A messaging device comprising:
- a Universal Serial Bus (USB) data interface;
- a rechargeable power source;
- a processor;
- and
- a computer readable medium locally storing a plurality of Channel Access Protocol (CAP) codes;
- a first of said plurality of CAP codes uniquely identifies said messaging device and a second of said plurality of CAP codes identifies said messaging device as a member of a first message distribution group;
- said computer readable medium includes instructions stored thereon which when executed by said processor causes said processor to receive messages on one of a primary operational frequency and a secondary operational frequency;
- said primary operational frequency is associated with a private network and said secondary operational frequency is associated with a public carrier network;
- subsequent to said messaging device being added to a second message distribution group associated with a group CAP code comprising a plurality of existing messaging devices each of the plurality of existing messaging devices respectively storing said group CAP code in memory of said existing messaging device;
- receiving by said messaging device from said computing device a test communication to confirm an addition of said messaging device to said second message distribution group;
- and
- when said test communication is successfully received by said messaging device, indicating by said messaging device receipt of said test communication.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.