Patent ID: 6075456
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
A method of identifying a pager, comprising the steps of:registering a telephone number for an owner of the pager in a memory of the pager;providing a call signal to the pager, the call signal containing a special message number and a predetermined code, the special message number for selectively indicating a pager identifying function other than a pager calling function, and the predetermined code corresponding to a pager identifying function of a lost alert mode; andenabling generation by the pager of an audible speaker alarm and a visual display of the telephone number of the owner of the pager to inform a finder of the pager of the pager owner's telephone number when a call signal containing the special message number and the predetermined code is received by the pager, wherein said audible speaker alarm is generated in the lost alert mode even when the pager is set in a vibration mode.