Patent ID: 6912387

Claim:
In a radio communication system including a plurality of subscribes defining a user group, the subscribers having wireless subscriber units operable to receive messages communicated via a first wireless communication protocol, a method comprising: constructing a database mapping one or more members of the user group with pager IDs and subscriber units; receiving a paging message communicated via a service protocol; decoding a header of the paging message to identify a target pager ID; determining a target recipient to be an individual associated with the target pager ID by consulting the database to determine whether the target pager ID corresponds to a member of the user group if the target pager ID corresponds to a member of the user group, identifying the member as the target recipient, thereby determining that the target recipient is a member of the user group; if the target recipient is a member of the user group, identifying a subscriber unit associated with the target recipient; and if the subscriber unit is logged on the radio communication system, sending the paging message to die subscriber unit via the first wireless communication protocol.