Global paging system using packet-switched digital data network and remote country designation

A method of paging a receiving user in a country-selective global paging system, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a global paging system spanning a plurality of different countries around the world, the global paging system including at least one web site or server in each of the plurality of countries, each of the servers being in communication with a wireless transmitter for transmitting a paging message to a pager of the receiving user;
• interconnecting the plurality of servers by way of a land-based packet-switched digital data network so as to permit digital communication of paging signals between the plurality of servers via the packet-switched digital data network;
• an originating user telephoning a first web site or server located in a first country in order to page the receiving user who is located in a second country different from the first country, the originating user not necessarily knowing what country the receiving user is located in;
• the paging system determining if the second country is currently designated by the receiving user as the designated country in which the paging system is to first attempt to page the receiving user;
• when the paging system determines that the second country has been designated by the receiving user, the first server sending a second web site or server in the second country a paging communication over the packet-switched digital data network instructing the second web site or server to initiate paging the receiving user in the second country;
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• when the paging system determines that the second country has not been designated by the receiving user, the paging system initiating paging operations in a predetermined list of different countries in a predetermined order in an attempt to page the receiving user.

A global country-selective paging system comprising:

• a plurality of web sites or servers, each of said sites or servers being located in a different country around the globe;
• a land based packet-switched digital data network interconnecting said plurality of sites or servers around the globe;
• a pager to be paged belonging to a receiving user;
• means for allowing an originating user to communicate with a first web site or server in a first country in order to page the receiving user who's pager is located in a second country different than the first country;
• means for transmitting a paging message from said originating user to said first web site or server, then to a second web site or server located in the second country, and then to said pager of the receiving user;
• designating means for designating the second country;
• wherein said designating means further includes means for allowing the receiving user to designate the second country for future pages to said pager so that when the receiving user is paged in the future, the paging system will first attempt to page said pager of the receiving user in the designated second country;
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• means for the receiving user inputting a list of at least three different countries, including said second country, in which the receiving user may be paged, one at a time, in predetermined order, and means for the system attempting to page the receiving user in each country in said list in the predetermined order of countries, one country at a time, a predetermined number of times until the page is received by the receiving user.