US 4,885,577 AGranted

Paging system for providing a data message and a voice message to a unique address of a paging receiver

AssigneeMotorola, Inc.

InventorLeonard E. Nelson

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Abstract

A paging system is provided for transferring data and voice messages to a unique address of a paging receiver. The system includes a paging controller, an encoder, a transmitter, and a paging receiver. The paging controller receives voice and data information from an entry device. The encoder, coupled to the paging controller, encodes the voice and data information into a composite paging signal designated for the unique address of the paging receiver. The composite paging signal is transmitted to the paging receiver by the transmitter. The paging receiver receives and decodes the composite paging signal to receive the data and voice messages. The data are displayed simultaneously with the voice message being furnished to the paging receiver used. In one embodiment, a PBX system automatically provides the data message in the form of a telephone number. The paging system automatically provides the telephone number of the sender along with the voice message to the paging receiver user.

A paging system for transferring a voice related data message within a tone and voice selective call paging signal to a paging receiver, said system comprising:

a paging controller for receiving mutually related voice and data information from an entry device;
an encoder responsive to said paging controller for encoding the related voice and data information into corresponding voice and data messages, wherein the data and voice messages are combined into a tone and voice selective call paging signal designated for at least one unique paging receiver, wherein said tone and voice paging signal includes a predetermined time period followed by the voice message and an activation signal for notification of the start of said predetermined time period, and further wherein the related data message is included within the predetermined time period;
a transmitter, being responsive to said encoder, for transmitting said tone and voice selected to call paging signal including said voice related data message to the paging receiver;
a receiving means included in the paging receiver for receiving said tone and voice selective call paging signal;
a decoding means, being responsive to said receiving means, for decoding the received tone and voice selective call paging signal to recover the mutually related data and voice messages and activation signal thereof;
processing means, being responsive to said decoding means and notified of the start of the predetermined time period by the recovered reactivation signal, for processing said recovered related data and voice messages to generate respectively an alphanumeric information signal and voice information signal;
display means, being responsive to said processing means, for visually displaying on said display means, alphanumeric characters corresponding to the alphanumeric information signal;
and
speaker means, being responsive to said processing means, for producing audible sounds corresponding to the voice information signal wherein a voice alert is generated during the predetermined time period and further wherein the data message is received during the predetermined time period.

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