Patent ID: 8222995

Claim:
A system for transmitting messages received from a paging network operations center to a cellular or other wireless device through short-range radio communication, the system comprising: a wireless device comprising a wireless device processor, a wireless device memory, a wireless device transceiver, and display circuitry; and a wireless device peripheral comprising: paging circuitry adapted to: receive data from the paging network operations center through a paging network, the received data including a message and one or more message attributes associated with the message; short-range RF circuitry; and a processor coupled to the paging circuitry and the short-range RF circuitry, the processor being adapted to: obtain the received data from the paging circuitry; process the received data to retrieve the message and the one or more message attributes, and to associate an error status with the message, the error status comprising an indicator based on whether an error was detected in the received data; transfer the processed data to the short-range RF circuitry, the processed data including the message, at least one of the one or more message attributes and the error status; and wherein, the short-range RF circuitry is adapted to transmit the processed data to the wireless device through a short-range radio connection; and wherein, in response to receiving the processed data at the wireless device, the wireless device processor is adapted to: cause the wireless device transceiver to transmit a receipt acknowledgement to the paging network operations center through a cellular or Internet connection, the receipt acknowledgement comprising a notification that the message was received and an error indication based on the error status; store the message, the at least one message attribute and the error status in the wireless device memory; and transfer the message to the display circuitry for display.