Patent ID: 6208839
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
A remote token based information acquisition system, comprising:a paging terminal, comprisinga processor,a receiver coupled to the processor, the receiver operating to receive the reverse channel message requesting information corresponding with the uniform resource locator,a transmitter coupled to and responsive to the processor, that based upon the reverse channel message, controls the transmitter to broadcast a return selective call message with an information content representing information corresponding with the uniform resource locator,a network connection device coupled to the processor, the network connection device operating to acquire an actual information content as pointed to by the uniform resource locator in response to the processor matching a token returned in the reverse channel message with one of the corresponding default bookmark canned message and the corresponding personalized bookmark canned message,a default bookmark database coupled to the processor, the default bookmark database containing a default bookmark and a corresponding default bookmark canned message, anda personalized bookmark database coupled to the processor and the default bookmark database, the personalized bookmark database containing personalized bookmark as selected by a user, and a corresponding personalized bookmark canned message; anda personal messaging device, comprisinga receiver that receives a selective call message comprising a selective call address and a canned message representing a uniform resource locator,a processor coupled to the receiver, the processor operating to determine selection of the personal messaging device, decode, store, and present the canned message representing a uniform resource locator, wherein the processor in the personal messaging device operates to allow a user to selectively include and exclude default bookmarks from a default bookmark database as personalized bookmarks in a personalized bookmark database,a random access memory coupled to the processor for storing the canned message representing a uniform resource locator, anda transmitter coupled to the processor, the transmitter operating to send a reverse channel message requesting information corresponding with the uniform resource locator.