Patent ID: 6590492
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A custom alert pager for receiving a signal from a tower to alert a user of a request for a contact, the pager comprising:a housing having a substantially rectangular configuration, said housing having a top surface and a bottom surface, a peripheral wall extending between a periphery of said top surface and a periphery of said bottom surface, said peripheral wall, said top surface and said bottom surface defining an interior space of said housing; a display screen being coupled to said top surface of said housing, said display screen being for displaying a visual representation signal; a speaker and a microphone being mounted within said interior space of said housing; a receiving means being operationally coupled to a processing means, said receiving means being adapted for receiving the signal from the tower, said receiving means and said processing means being mounted within said interior space of said housing, said processing means being operationally coupled to said display screen, said processing means being adapted for converting the signal into said visual representation signal and transmitting said visual representation signal to said display screen; a message playback means being operationally coupled to said processing means, said message playback means being for transmitting a message signal to said processing means upon receipt of the signal from the tower, said speaker being for audibly transmitting said message signal upon transmission of said message signal; said message playback means including a static message means, said static message means is for providing one of a plurality of pre-recorded messages to said message signal upon said processing means converting the signal; and said message playback means further including an inserted message means comprises at least one RAM chip which includes a plurality of pre-recorded portable messages, wherein said message playback means further includes a recorded message means, said recorded message means is operationally coupled to said microphone for recording a plurality of custom messages spoken by the user into said microphone, said recorded message means is for providing one of said custom messages to said message signal upon said processing means converting the signal; said inserted message means being selectively inserted into a port in a front portion of said peripheral wall of said housing to be operationally coupled to said processing means for providing one of a plurality of portable messages to said message signal upon said processing means converting the signal.