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System and method for providing numeric-only paging service with wireless telephone service
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Inventors: Dwyer, Christopher Brian; Wilber, Carl Dean;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Urban; Edward F.
Assistant Examiner: Craver; Charles
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Cook, Alex, McFarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler, Ltd.
A system for providing numeric-only paging service to wireless telephone service are shown to include a voice mail system configured to receive dual-tone, multi-frequency signals and convert those signals into a short message service text message. The voice mail system is linked with a short message service server to transmit the short message service text message to the server. In response to receipt of the text message, the server transmits a page to a mobile telephone switching office for ultimate transmission of the text message to a wireless telephone owned by a wireless telephone subscriber. An auxiliary telephone number, distinct from the wireless telephone main telephone number, is assigned for the numeric-only paging service to maintain the privacy of the main telephone number, which translates into reduced airtime. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT The drawing illustrates a communications system generally designated 10 for providing traditional, numeric-only paging service to subscribers of digital wireless telephone service.
Communications system 10 includes a telephone 12 shown illustratively as a landline telephone.
It will be appreciated, however, that telephone 12 could alternatively be a wireless telephone.
Communications system 10 further includes a landline telephone company switch 14, which is conventionally located at a central office of a telephone service provider.
Communications system 10 also includes a voice mail system 16 and a short message service (SMS) server 18 for providing the numeric-only paging service.
A mobile telephone switching office (MTSO) 20, a cell site 22 and a digital wireless telephone 24 are also included for providing digital wireless telephone service.
As will be appreciated, the drawing illustrates relatively minimal hardware components for system 10.
In practice, a plurality of each of these hardware components will ordinarily be used.
In accordance with the present invention, each digital wireless telephone subscriber receiving the numeric-only paging service will be assigned at least two telephone numbers.
The main telephone number assigned to the subscriber will correspond to normal call delivery.
When the main number is dialed, the subscriber's wireless telephone will ring and permit normal call delivery.
The subscriber's wireless service provider will assign this main telephone number.
The auxiliary telephone number assigned to the subscriber will correspond with the numeric-only paging service.
This auxiliary telephone number will be assigned by the wireless service provider, or, alternatively, could be assigned by another numeric-only paging service provider.
Use of this auxiliary telephone number allows the wireless telephone subscriber to maintain the privacy of his/her main wireless telephone number so that use of wireless telephone airtime is most efficient
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