Systems and methods for enabling a user of a communication device to manage remote information Number:7,155,241 from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) owispatent

Title: Systems and methods for enabling a user of a communication device to manage remote information

Abstract: A paging transceiver and method for selectively paging provides a page to a paging transceiver but does not automatically provide an associated message. The paging transceiver receives the page and alerts the user that a message is waiting and preferably provides a short description of the message. The user can then download or otherwise act on the message at a time and at a place convenient to the user. The user can therefore place the paging transceiver in a location where it can easily receive and reply to the message. The paging system conserves air time and the paging transceiver conserves memory by not automatically receiving the associated messages. The user can determine the time at which the paging transceiver receives transmissions, such as during off-peak hours. The messages stored by the systems and delivered to the paging transceiver may be of different types, such as voice, text, audio, or even video. In addition to messages, the paging system can store other information for the user, such as songs or video clips that the user can sample or updates on weather or stock rates.

Patent Number: 7,155,241 Issued on 12/26/2006 to Helferich

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Inventors:	Helferich; Richard J. (Encinitas, CA)
Assignee:	Helferich; Richard J. (Encinitas, CA) Thompson Investment Group LLC (Los Angeles, CA)
Appl. No.:	11/050,775
Filed:	February 7, 2005

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Related U.S. Patent Documents

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	Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
	09688321	Oct., 2000	7003304
	08934143	Sep., 1997	6233430

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Current U.S. Class:	455/458 ; 340/7.21; 340/825.37; 455/3.05; 455/466; 455/550.1
Current International Class:	H04Q 7/20 (20060101); H04H 1/00 (20060101); H04M 1/00 (20060101)
Field of Search:	455/458,412.1,426.1,412.2,90,95,573.6,414.1,3.05,403,100,466,550.1 340/7.21,7.52,825.37

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Primary Examiner: Nguyen; Tony T.
Assistant Examiner: Nguyen; Thuan T.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck

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Parent Case Text

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This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/688,321, filed on Oct. 13, 2000 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,003,304, which is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/934,143, filed on Sep. 19, 1997 (Now U.S. Pat. No. 6,233,430). The contents of the above referenced applications are incorporated herein by this reference.

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Claims

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The invention claimed is:

1. A system, comprising: a storage unit that stores information for transmission to one or more devices; means for transmitting to the one or more devices a selective call signal comprising an information identifier identifying the information and an acknowledgment request, wherein the information is not included in the selective call signal; means for receiving a request transmitted from any one of the one or more devices, wherein the request is transmitted via a two-way communication session with the system and the request identifies the information and an action to be performed on the information; and means for performing the action.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the action is to transmit, via the two-way communication session, the information to the transmitting and receiving device that transmitted the request.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the action is to delete the information from the storage unit.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the action is to forward the information to a recipient specified in the request.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the action is to transmit a reply message to the originator of the information, the reply message being included in the request.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the transmitting means transmits the selective call signal to a base station, which then transmits the signal to the one or more transmitting and receiving devices.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the information comprises audio and/or video information.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the audio information comprises music.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the receiving means comprises a receiver and the receiver is configured to receive from at least one of the one or more devices an acknowledgement