Communications systems for transmitting high power voice mail notifications and related methods and user terminals

A method of notifying a user terminal that voice mail has been received for the user terminal at a radiotelephone communications system, said method comprising the steps of:

• transmitting radiotelephone communications from the radiotelephone communications system at a first power level;
• receiving voice mail for the user terminal at the radiotelephone communications system;
• transmitting a page from the radiotelephone communications system at a second power level greater than the first power level wherein the page includes an indication of voice mail reception at the radiotelephone communications system for the user terminal wherein the indication of voice mail reception provides indication of voice mail for the user terminal received at the radiotelephone communications system;
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• receiving the page at the second power level at the user terminal wherein the page includes said indication of voice mail reception at the radiotelephone communications system for the user terminal so that indication of voice mail for the user terminal is received at the second power level.

A user terminal for providing communications to and from a radiotelephone communications system, said user terminal comprising:

• a transceiver which receives communications from the radiotelephone communications system at a first power level, which transmits communications to the radiotelephone communications system, and which receives pages from the radiotelephone communications system at a second power level greater than the first power level wherein each of said pages includes an indication when voice mail has been received at the radiotelephone communications system so that said indication that voice mail has been received provides indication of voice mail for the user terminal received at the radiotelephone communications system;
• a processor coupled to said transceiver wherein said processor processes said pages received at the second power level to determine when voice mail for the radiotelephone has been received at the radiotelephone communications system;
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• a user interface coupled to said processor wherein said user interface provides an indication to a user when voice mail for the user terminal has been received at the radiotelephone communications system.

A method for providing communications to and from at least one user terminal, said method comprising:

• receiving voice mail for a user terminal at a radiotelephone communication system;
• generating a page including a voice mail reception indicator for transmission to the user terminal wherein the voice mail reception indicator provides indication that voice mail for the user terminal has been received at the radiotelephone communications system;
• transmitting communications to the user terminal at a first power level;
• receiving communications from the user terminal;
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• transmitting said page including said voice mail reception indicator to the user terminal at a second power level greater than said first power level so that indication of voice mail for the user terminal is transmitted at the second power level.

A radiotelephone communications system for providing communications to and from at least one user terminal, said method comprising:

• means for receiving voice mail for a user terminal at a radiotelephone communication system;
• means for generating a page including a voice mail reception indicator for transmission to the user terminal wherein the voice mail reception indicator provides indication that voice mail for the user terminal has been received at the radiotelephone communications system;
• means for transmitting communications to the user terminal at a first power level;
• means for receiving communications from the user terminal;
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• means for transmitting said page including said voice mail reception indicator to the user terminal at a second power level greater than said first power level so that indication of voice mail for the user terminal is transmitted at the second power level.

A method for providing communications to and from a radiotelephone communications system, said method comprising:

• receiving communications from the radiotelephone communications system at a first power level;
• transmitting communications to the radiotelephone communications system;
• receiving a page from the radiotelephone communications system at a second power level greater than the first power level wherein said page includes an indication when voice mail has been received at the radiotelephone communications system so that said indication that voice mail has been received provides indication of voice mail for the user terminal received at the radiotelephone communications system;
• processing said page received at the second power level to determine when voice mail for the radiotelephone has been received at the radiotelephone communications system;
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• providing an indication to a user when voice mail for the user terminal has been received at the radiotelephone communications system.

A user terminal for providing communications to and from a radiotelephone communications system, said method comprising:

• means for receiving communications from the radiotelephone communications system at a first power level;
• means for transmitting communications to the radiotelephone communications system;
• means for receiving a page from the radiotelephone communications system at a second power level greater than the first power level wherein said page includes an indication when voice mail has been received at the radiotelephone communications system so that said indication that voice mail has been received provides indication of voice mail for the user terminal received at the radiotelephone communications system;
• means for processing said page received at the second power level to determine when voice mail for the radiotelephone has been received at the radiotelephone communications system;
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• means for providing an indication to a user when voice mail for the user terminal has been received at the radiotelephone communications system.