Patent ID: 6313734
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A voice paging system comprising:a control computer located at a voice paging service center for receiving a text message, a destination address and a voice mail recorder address transmitted through a computer network;a wireless transmitter located at the voice paging service center and controlled by the control computer;a voice mail recorder;a text-to-voice converter located at the voice paging service center and controlled by the control computer for receiving the text message from the control computer and for converting the text message to a voice message, wherein the text-to-voice converter automatically sends the voice message to the wireless transmitter for transmitting the voice message in a wireless manner in accordance with the destination address and to the voice mail recorder in accordance with the voice mail recorder address for recording the voice message for later retrieval; anda voice pager unit having the destination address for receiving the voice message transmitted in the wireless manner and producing the voice message for listening by a user thereof,wherein the control computer controls the text-to-voice converter to deliver the voice message only to the voice mail recorder in accordance with the voice mail recorder address and controls the wireless transmitter to transmit in a wireless manner an alerting signal to the voice pager unit having the destination address to indicate that the voice message has been recorded.