Appeal No. 2000-0612
Application No. 08/583,357
at least one short range transceiver having an operating
range defining a voice service area for providing voice and data
communication to a user having a personal transceiver unit, the
at least one short range transceiver operating on a first
communication channel;
a two way messaging service area for providing advanced
messaging services to users via a plurality of long range pagers,
the long range pagers operating on a second communication channel
different from the first communication channel, the long range
pagers sharing the second communication channel.
16. A method of registering a personal transceiver unit in a two
way messaging service area of a wireless personal communications
system comprising the steps of:
monitoring a SBC broadcast in a voice service area with the
personal transceiver unit;
switching to a predetermined paging frequency if no SBC is
detected;
acquiring a long range pager broadcasting on said paging
frequency by (a) searching for a strongest received long range
pager signal; (b) synchronizing the transceiver unit to a long
range pager having the strongest signal; and (c) reading a
transmitter ID for the long range pager having the strongest
signal; and
registering a location of the personal transceiver unit with
the wireless personal communications system via the long range
pager.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Lucas 4,506,384 Mar. 19, 1985
Harrison et al. (Harrison) 5,406,629 Apr. 11, 1995
Arnold et al. (Arnold) 5,475,677 Dec. 12, 1995
Yamada et al. (Yamada) 5,504,803 Apr. 02, 1996
(filed Aug. 2, 1993)
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