Patent ID: 8639273

Claim:
A local paging proxy device comprising: a first communication interface for communicating over a first communication network with a remote paging proxy; a second communication interface for communicating over a second communication network with a client terminal, the first communication network and second communication network distinct from a wireless communication network used by the client terminal to communicate with an access point; a processing circuit coupled to the first communication interface and the second communication interface, the processing circuit configured to: receive, via the second communication network, a notification from the client terminal to operate as a proxy for the client terminal; send, via the first communication network, a message to the remote paging proxy to notify the remote paging proxy to operate as a proxy for paging messages for the client terminal; monitor the first communication interface for paging messages for the client terminal from the remote paging proxy; and send at least a portion of a received paging message to the client terminal via the second communication interface.