Patent ID: 8174359

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for addressing a pager, the method being implemented by a system comprising one or more processors, the method comprising: determining, by the one or more processors, that a pager currently assigned a first identifier should be programmed; receiving, at the one or more processors from a charging unit, an indication that the pager has been connected to the charging unit; responsive to reception of the indication of the pager being connected to the charging unit, and further responsive to the determination that the pager should be programmed, generating, by the one or more processors, a second identifier for the pager that is different from the first identifier; transmitting, under the control of the one or more processors, information indicating the second identifier to the pager for storage at the pager such that the second identifier replaces the first identifier in operation of the pager; and communicating, by the one or more processors, wirelessly with the pager by causing information to be wirelessly transmitted to a first unique network address that corresponds to the second identifier, the first unique network address being different than a second network address that corresponds to the first identifier.