System and method for providing user-selected information to a paging-capable device

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENTLY PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Advantages The preferred embodiments described below provide the user with control over when information is sent to his paging-capable device.
With such control, the user can avoid being disturbed by incoming-information alerts at inconvenient times without having to disable his paging-capable device.
The preferred embodiments also provide the user with control over what particular information is sent to his paging-capable device.
By receiving only desired information, the user avoids having to spend time browsing through an entire set of transmitted information.
With this control, the user avoids exceeding the memory capacity of his paging-capable device, ensuring that important information sent to the device can be received.
First Preferred Embodiment FIG.
2 illustrates a first preferred embodiment for providing user-selected information to a paging-capable device.
There, an enhanced paging system 200 is responsive to information sources 210 and a selection device 220 and can transmit information to a paging-capable device 230, such as a pager 100 (FIG.
1).
As used herein, "responsive to" can mean directly responsive to or indirectly responsive through one or more components.
The enhanced paging system 200 comprises a storing means 240, selecting means 250, a storage device 260, and a transmitter 270.
The storing means 240 is coupled to the storage device 260 and is responsive to the information sources 210.
As used herein, the term "coupled to" can mean directly coupled to or indirectly coupled through one or more components.
The selecting means 250 is coupled to the transmitter 270 (which can transmit information to the paging-capable device 230) and the storage device 260 and is responsive to a selection device 220, which can be different from the paging-capable device 230.
The above-listed components can be used to provide a user with control over what information will be sent to his paging-capable device and when it will be received, as described below