Patent ID: 6427064
Filing Date: 2002-07-30
Classification: G08B,H04M

Abstract:
A method of communicating information from a page-originating communicant to a page-receiving communicant utilizing a paging network which operates by generating a page after receiving a paging request from said page-originating communicant over a telephone network, comprising the method steps of:(a) providing a portable communication device identified in said paging network to said page-receiving communicant, said portable communication device including: (1) a database recorded in memory with a plurality of associated data fields, including a numeric field which is representative of telephone numbers; and (2) means for comparing information obtained from said paging network with at lest one of said plurality of associated data fields; (3) a display member for displaying at least one of (1) information obtained from said paging network, and (2) information obtained from said plurality of data fields; (b) initiating communication between said page-originating communicant and said numeric paging network over said telephone network; (c) automatically passing caller-identification information from said telephone network to said paging network, said caller-identification information including at least a bit string representation of a telephone number for a particular telephone unit utilized by said page originating communicant in making said paging request without requiring entry by said page-originating communicant of said caller-identification information; (d) allowing input by said page-originating communicant of optional numeric data into said paging network; (e) utilizing said paging network to transmit to said page-receiving communicant (1) said caller-identification information including at least a bit string representation of a telephone number for a particular telephone unit utilized by said page-originating communicant in making said paging request without requiring entry by said page-originating communicant of said caller-identification information, and (2) said optional numeric data; (f) receiving (1) said caller-identification information including at least a bit string representation of a telephone number for a particular telephone unit utilized by said page-originating communicant in making said paging request without requiring entry by said page-originating communicant of said caller-identification information, and (2) said optional numeric data at said portable communication device identified in said paging network to said page-receiving communicant; (g) utilizing said portable communication device for analyzing said caller-identification information and optional numeric data by utilizing said means for comparing which is resident in said portable communication device to compare said caller-identification information and said optional numeric data with particular ones of said plurality of associated data fields of said database recorded in memory of said portable communication device; and (h) displaying information in said display member of said portable communication device resulting from said step of utilizing said portable communication device.