Patent ID: 6192218
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: G08B,H04W

Abstract:
For use in a communications network having a paging processor serving at least one paging device and at least one calling party, a method of identifying and transmitting calling party information as part of a paging signal, comprising:providing at least one database in communication with the paging processor, the at least one database and the paging processor servicing the communications network, the at least one database having a profile for each calling party, each profile including the corresponding calling party's telephone number, a list of predetermined messages and associated message codes, and corresponding calling party information;receiving at the paging processor a page request signal having data fields including a calling party telephone number and a message including at least one message code generated by the calling party;parsing the page request signal at the paging processor to extract the calling party's telephone number and the at least one message code from the paging request signal;comparing at the paging processor the extracted at least one message code to the stored list of predetermined messages and associated message codes provided in the at least one database for the corresponding profile to identify the corresponding calling party information and the corresponding at least one predetermined message; andgenerating a paging signal at the paging processor for receipt by the at least one paging device, the paging signal having a data field including the calling party information and including the at least one predetermined message.