Patent ID: 7039428

Claim:
A system, comprising: a storage and retrieval unit for storing information; signal generating means for generating a selective call signal comprising an information identifier that identifies the information, wherein the information is not included in the selective call signal regardless of the amount of the information; transmitting means for sending the selective call signal to a device, wherein, at the time the selective call signal is sent to the device, the information is not stored in the device; receiving means for receiving requests generated by the device; and processing means for establishing a two-way communication session with the device, wherein during the two-way communication session (a) the device transmits the information identifier to the system and the processing means receives through the receiving means the information identifier transmitted from the device, (b) the device transmits to the system a request to perform an action on the information and the processing means receives through the receiving means the request, and (c) the processing means uses the transmitting means to transmit an acknowledgement to the device after receiving the request.