Patent ID: 7940781

Claim:
At a network device, a method comprising: receiving at least one indication of a page to be sent to a set of recipient network devices including a plurality of network devices, said at least one indication indicating said set of recipient network devices; ascertaining whether said network device is within said set of recipient network devices; and based at least upon said ascertaining, determining whether to receive said page, and further comprising: detecting a desire to send an outgoing page from said network device to a set of target network devices including one or more network devices, notifying other network devices including said target network devices that said outgoing page is to be sent; and waiting for any objections from any of said other network devices to the sending of said outgoing page, wherein an objection comprises a notification that another network devices wishes to send a page to said set of target network devices, wherein said network device and said recipient network device comprise terminal sets.