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) 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007