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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
May. 11, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph Giacalone, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/16 ; H04Q 7/20 ; H04B 1/38 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/16 ; H04Q 7/20 ; H04B 1/38 ;
Abstract
A system and method for operating a mobile station in two modes, voice mode and page mode. A mobile station and a base station are provided. The mobile station is capable of operating in a first mode suitable for receiving telephone calls and in which the mobile station scans portions of a channel at a first rate. The mobile station is capable of operating in a second mode suitable for receiving pages only and in which the mobile station scans portions of the channel at a second rate. The first rate is higher than the second rate and the mobile station is capable of switching between the two modes at the option of the user thereof.