Patent ID: 7043262
Filing Date: 2006-05-09
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A two-way pager for communicating over a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSMGPRS) network, the pager comprising: a transceiver for transmitting responses to and receiving messages from the network; an antenna electrically coupled with the transceiver for radiating and receiving radio frequency waves; a communication driver which converts a GSM/GPRS message received by the transceiver into a pager message; a data processor with a memory which processes pager messages and generates pager responses in communication with the communication driver, the responses being converted into a GSM/GPRS format for transmission over the network, said data processor being capable of recognizing all steering codes in a GSM/GPRS message received by the pager and implementing the orders contained in the steering codes recognized by the data processor; and a user interface for communication with the data processor, the user interface comprising a display for displaying information to the user which is stored in memory of the data processor or is received over the network, and an input device which enables the user to input data into the user interface, said input device being capable of inputting any of six signals selected by the user, with two signals to scroll within a pager message on the display, two signals to scroll between pager messages on the display, one signal to indicate to the network that the user has read a particular pager message on the display, and one signal to respond to the network to a particular pager message on the display as requested by said pager message, said pager being programmed so that said six signals can be used in a set combination to provide security for the pager and for any other function assigned by a pager message or program within the pager, the user interface further having an alert device for providing an alert indication when a message is received by the pager over the network, and a message transreceiving device which automatically sends a response over the network indicating that a message was received by the pager.