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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1995
C Patrick Richardson, Barrington, IL (US);
Susan B Major, Barrington, IL (US);
G Michael Milikich, Grayslake, IL (US);
James E Mathis, Barrington, IL (US);
Mark J Johnson, Algonquin, IL (US);
Stephen J Van Rooy, Kildeer, IL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A general-purpose data terminal (242), such as a personal computer, portable computer, notebook computer, personal intelligent communicator, portable wireless terminal and the like employs a radio frequency (RF) modem (408) and is programmed to function as a two-way acknowledge back pager. The general purpose data terminal (242) maintains a table listing (600) of caller identification information and presents this information to the device user upon receipt of a page (300) from an identifiable caller. The device user may respond to the page by selecting one of a plurality of user definable responses to be transmitted back to the caller. If no response is selected the caller will receive a message informing them of the paged party's unavailability.