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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1998
James Allen Hymel, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A communication system includes a radio communication system (,) for communicating scheduled messages to SCRs (Selective Call Radios) (,). The radio communication system is programmed to transmit to a SCR a first radio signal including an advertisement schedule detailing multiple times of arrival for a plurality of advertisement messages (,). Subsequently, a second radio signal including an advertisement message is transmitted to the SCR at a first arrival time (,). The SCR is programmed to receive the first radio signal, and store the advertisement schedule (,). At or near the first arrival time, the SCR determines a likelihood that it can decode the advertisement message properly (,). When the likelihood of decoding the advertisement message properly is below a predetermined expectation, the SCR disregards the second radio signal, and schedules itself to receive the advertisement message at a second arrival time defined by the advertisement schedule (,).