Patent ID: 6332085
Filing Date: 2001-12-18
Classification: H04M,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
An integrated telecommunication system having local paging capability comprising:a telephone system having a private branch exchange connected to at least one outside telephone line for receiving an incoming call;a plurality of individual telephone extensions connected to said private branch exchange;a voice mail system connected to said private branch exchange having a computer with a set of computer readable instructions for receiving said incoming call and routing said call to a telephone extension of a called party;a local pager system integrated with said voice mail system, and said local pager system including a radio frequency (RF) transmitter and a plurality of individual pagers for receiving RF activation signals transmitted by said RF transmitter under at least one specified condition;a pager interface system integrated with said voice mail system and said local pager system; andsaid pager interface system have an interface program stored in a computer readable medium on said voice mail computer, said interface program including a set of computer readable instructions responsive to said specified conditions for activating said RF transmitter in response to said incoming call to transmit said RF pager activation signal to a pager of the called party.