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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 23, 1998
Zhonghe Wang, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Kwok Keung Choi, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Jyh-Han Lin, Keller, TX (US);
Douglas I Ayerst, Delray Beach, FL (US);
Gregory Lewis Cannon, Keller, TX (US);
Jheroen Pieter Dorenbosch, Paradise, TX (US);
Malik Khan, Elgin, IL (US);
Leonard Nelson, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Motorola, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A selective call receiving device (10) such as a pager is controlled to dynamically change a base frame assigned to the device and subsequent control frames derived therefrom. The time that the device is operative to look for its address in a received signal can thus be dynamically changed to improve the efficiencies of a mixed systems environment without substantially reducing the battery life of the selective call receiving device (10). In two embodiments of the invention a new base frame for the device is derived from an originally assigned base frame that is stored in the selective call receiving device. In another embodiment, a new base frame for the device is derived from the device's address along with frame management information that is received by the selective call receiving device.