# US 6,690,262 B1 · Systems and methods for two-way messaging using a pager

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- Number: US 6,690,262 B1
- Document ID: US6690262B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 09/422,306
- Filed: 1999-10-21
- Granted: 2004-02-10
- Earliest claimed: 1999-10-21
- Assignees: Genuity Inc.; Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc.
- Inventors: Steven Richard Winnett
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US6690262B1

## CPC

- H04W 84/025: {with acknowledge back capability}
- H04M 3/5322: {for recording text messages}
- H04M 3/533: Voice mail systems
- H04M 2201/40: using speech recognition
- H04M 2201/60: Medium conversion
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)

## Abstract

A system facilitates two-way messaging in a network that includes at least one paging device. The system includes a paging service provider and a server. The paging device generates a message intended for a called party and transmits the message to the paging service provider. The paging service provider forwards the message to the server. The server translates the message to a form used by the called party and sends the translated message to the called party.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system that communicates with a paging device, comprising:
a paging service provider configured to:
receive a paging message and a telephone number from a paging party using a telephone device,
encode the paging message and the telephone number into a paging signal,
deliver the paging signal to the paging device,
receive an encoded reply message from the paging device, the encoded reply message including a text reply and the telephone number from the paging party, and
decode the encoded reply message to extract the text reply and the telephone number; and
a server connected to the paging service provider and configured to:
receive the text reply and the telephone number from the paging service provider,
translate the text reply to a voice message, and
place a call to the telephone device of the paging party to send the voice message to the paging party using the telephone number.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the server includes:
a text-to-voice converter configured to translate the text reply to a digitized voice message for delivery to the telephone device.

### Claim 3

A system for communicating with a paging device, comprising:
means for receiving a paging message and a telephone number from a paging party using a telephone device;
means for delivering the paging message and the telephone number to the paging device;
means for receiving a reply message from the paging device, the reply message including a text reply and the telephone number;
means for translating the text reply to a voice reply; and
means for sending the voice reply to the telephone device of the paging party using the telephone number.

### Claim 4

A method for communicating with a paging device in a network including a paging service provider and a server, the method comprising:
receiving, at the paging service provider, a paging message and a telephone number from a paging party using a telephone device;
delivering the paging message and the telephone number to the paging device;
receiving, at the paging service provider, a reply message and the telephone number from the paging device;
transmitting the reply message and the telephone number to the server;
translating, at the server, the reply message to a voice message; and
sending the voice message to the telephone device of the paging party using the telephone number.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4, further comprising:
encoding the paging message and the telephone number into a paging signal.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, wherein the delivering the paging message and the telephone number includes:
transmitting the paging signal to the paging device.

### Claim 7 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4, wherein the receiving a reply message and the telephone number includes:
receiving an encoded reply signal from the paging device, and
decoding the encoded reply signal to extract the reply message and the telephone number.