Patent ID: 8314684

Claim:
A pager configured for use in a service environment to page a patron waiting for service, the pager comprising: a rechargeable power supply; a contacting mechanism configured to electrically couple with a charger station to receive (i) power from the charger station to recharge the power supply, and (ii) wired control communication; non-transient electronic storage media storing a first identifier for the pager; a wireless transmitter configured to facilitate wireless communication between the pager and a wireless network; one or more processors configured: to transmit and receive wireless communication with the wireless network through the wireless transmitter at a first unique address that corresponds to the first identifier; to receive, through the contacting mechanism, information indicating a second identifier; responsive to reception of the information indicating the second identifier, to store the first identifier in the electronic storage media; and subsequent to storage of the second identifier in the electronic storage, to transmit and receive wireless communication with the wireless network through the wireless transmitter at a second unique address that corresponds to the second identifier, the second unique address being different from the first unique address.