Patent ID: 8536980

Claim:
A paging device configured for use in a service environment to page a patron waiting for service, the paging device comprising: a programmable unit configured to indicate a first identifier for the paging device; a wireless transmitter configured to facilitate wireless communication between the paging device 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 information indicating a second identifier; responsive to reception of the information indicating the second identifier, to reprogram the programmable unit such that the programmable unit indicates the second identifier instead of the first identifier; and subsequent to reprogramming the programmable unit to indicate the second identifier, 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.