Facsimile paging system with virtual display capability and method therefor
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsEdgar H. Callaway, Jr., Gregg E. Rasor
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Abstract
A paging system includes a plurality of paging receivers (14, 16), each paging receiver having a display (19) for presenting the at least a portion of a representation of graphic information which substantially resembles at least a portion of graphic information received from a facsimile unit (11). The paging system further includes a paging terminal (13) capable of receiving graphic information received from the facsimile unit (11) and transmitting the representation of graphic information to the paging receiver (16).
Claims14
In a paging system that includes a paging terminal and a plurality of paging receivers, a method for transmitting graphic information to a group of paging receivers of the plurality of paging receivers, the method comprising the steps of:
- at the paging terminal:
- receiving the graphic information and a selection signal from a facsimile unit;
- determining the group of paging receivers based on the selection signal;
- determining types of display on each of the paging receivers of the group of paging receivers;
- transmitting, when the each of the paging receivers in the group of paging receivers have a common display type, a message including a formatted representation of the graphic information to the group of paging receivers;
- and
- transmitting, when at least two paging receivers of the group of paging receivers have different display types, the message including an unformatted representation of the graphic information to the group of paging receivers.
A paging terminal capable of transmitting graphic information to a group of paging receivers of a plurality of paging receivers, the paging terminal comprising:
- a receiver for receiving the graphic information and a selection signal from a facsimile unit;
- a processor for determining the group of paging receivers based on the selection signal, determining types of display on each of the paging receivers of the group of paging receivers;
- and
- a transmitter for transmitting a message including a formatted representation of the graphic information to the group of paging receivers when the each of the paging receivers in the group of paging receivers have a common display type, and when at least two paging receivers of the group of paging receivers have different display types, transmitting the message including an unformatted representation of the graphic information to the group of paging receivers.
In a paging terminal, a method for transmitting graphic information to a group of paging receivers of a plurality of paging receivers, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving the graphic information and a selection signal from a facsimile unit;
- determining the group of paging receivers based on the selection signal;
- determining types of display on each of the paging receivers of the group of paging receivers;
- transmitting, when the each of the paging receivers in the group of paging receivers have a common display type, a message including a formatted representation of the graphic information to the group of paging receivers;
- and
- transmitting, when at least two paging receivers of the group of paging receivers have different display types, a message including an unformatted representation of the graphic information to the group of paging receivers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.