System and method for tracking wireless messages originating from a single user

A wireless massaging system comprising:

• a plurality of RF transceiver facilities capable of transmitting and receiving wireless messages to and from paging devices used by subscribers of said wireless massaging system;
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• a message tracking system capable of allowing a caller to verify a status of at least one wireless message sent to at least one subscriber of said wireless messaging system, said message tracking system comprising:
• a first input/output (I/O) interface capable of (i) receiving from said caller an incoming message directed to a selected subscriber of said wireless messaging system, and (ii) receiving a message status request from said caller;
• an incoming wireless message controller coupled to said first I/O interface capable of determining an identity of said caller from caller identification data contained in said received incoming message and associating said identity of said caller with a data-record;
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• a message status controller coupled to said first I/O interface capable of determining an identity of said caller from caller identification data received from said caller, said caller identification data excluding message identification data, selectively retrieving said data record associated with said caller utilizing said caller identification data, said data record containing status information associated with said at least one wireless message, and transferring to said caller selected status data associated with a first selected one of said at least one wireless message.

For use in a wireless messaging system, a method for allowing a caller to verify a status of at least one wireless message sent to at least one subscriber of the wireless messaging system, the method comprising the steps of:

• through a first input/output (I/O) interface, one of (i) receiving from said caller an incoming message directed to a selected subscriber of said wireless messaging system, and (ii) receiving a message status request from the caller;
• in response to said received incoming message, determining an identity of said caller from caller identification data contained in said received incoming message and associating said identity of said caller with a data record;
• in response to said received message status request, determining an identity of the caller from caller identification data received from the caller, said caller identification data excluding message identification data;
• retrieving a data record associated with the caller utilizing said caller identification data, the data record containing status information associated with the at least one wireless message;
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• transferring to the caller selected status data associated with a first selected one of the at least one wireless message.