Patent ID: 8380228

Claim:
A method for managing power consumption in a trunked pager, the method comprising: at the trunked pager: listening to a control channel on a trunked system and receiving an assignment for a voice channel for paging listeners; implementing a standby mode that comprises a receiver shutdown procedures at the trunked pager to consume less power; listening for voice traffic on the assigned voice channel while in a standby mode; upon detecting the voice traffic leaving the standby mode and, determining whether the voice traffic is for a communication group that includes the trunked pager; when the voice traffic is for a communication group that includes the trunked pager, listening to the voice traffic, and upon termination of the voice traffic, returning to listening to the control channel for an assignment of a different voice channel for the paging listeners; and when the voice traffic is for a communication group of which the trunked pager is not a member, returning to listening to the control channel for the assignment of the different voice channel for the paging listeners.