Appeal No. 1998-2723
Application No. 08/571,679
Claim 30 is the only independent claim on appeal, and it
reads as follows:
30. A wide area paging system, comprising:
(a) a paging broadcast system for transmitting
paging broadcast signals over a first channel to
pagers throughout a prescribed geographic area, the
paging broadcast system including one or more
transmitters for broadcasting the paging broadcast
signals throughout the prescribed geographic area,
the system including a paging control center for
initiating the paging broadcast signals in response
to received paging requests;
b) a paging response system for receiving paging
response signals over a second channel from the
pagers throughout the prescribed geographic area,
the paging response system including a mesh network
comprised of a plurality of interconnected base
stations for communi-cating the paging response
signals therebetween over a third channel, wherein
one or more of the base stations includes a paging
receiver;
(c) the pagers receiving the paging broadcast
signals and transmitting the paging response signals
to the paging receiver of one of the base stations
in the mesh network in response thereto, the base
station receiving the paging response signals
including a signal conversion device for
transforming the paging response signal received
from the pager into a signal that is properly
formatted for transmission between the base
stations, the base station receiving the paging
response signal thereafter automatically selecting a
neighboring base station to use for forwarding the
paging response signals through the mesh network,
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